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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1000 PM PDT MON JUL 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2123 PDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP
THE BURN SITE DRY WITH HUMIDITIES GRADUALLY TRENDING DOWNWARD
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG
THE COAST WILL MOVE INLAND ON TUESDAY...INCREASING RIDGE WINDS.
TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY TREND UPWARD AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY
BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST LATER IN THE WEEK.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-51 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPING 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 600 FT OR LESS AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-14 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON
                    4-7 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 12-18 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO NEAR 4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-49 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH...BECOMING VARIABLE
                    2-4 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT...THEN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON
                    1-3 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110718.LION_.03/HNX