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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
945 AM PDT MON JUL 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0846 PDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ALONG THE COAST WILL KEEP A DRY
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE FIRE. A SLIGHT INCREASE IN WINDS
CAN BE EXPECTED AS THE TROUGH SHIFTS INLAND. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND
DOWN SLIGHTLY WITH A SLIGHT UPWARD TREND IN HUMIDITY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 77-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 9-14 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON
                    3-7 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO NEAR 6000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 46-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 52-56 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-7 MPH...BECOMING VARIABLE
                    2-4 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT...THEN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON
                    1-4 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 12-18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 500 FT OR LESS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 3 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 75-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 12-18 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON
                    3-7 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 12-18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO NEAR 4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST-SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...MENDENHALL
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110718.LION_.02/HNX