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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
803 AM PDT TUE JUL 19 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0724 PDT ON JULY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE
FIRE AREA DRY WITH ONLY POOR TO MODERATE RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY
OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
MOVES INLAND OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THEN LIGHTER WINDS WEDNESDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS THROUGH SATURDAY.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON
                    4-7 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 12-18 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH...BECOMING MORE WESTERLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........37-39 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.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 76-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH...BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON
                    3-7 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.THURSDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE..
WINDS LIGHT/TERRAIN INFLUENCED. WEST TO SOUTHWEST RIDGE/TRANSPORT.

.FRIDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES DOWN 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH UP 1-3 PERCENT..
WINDS LIGHT/TERRAIN INFLUENCED. WEST TO SOUTHWEST RIDGE/TRANSPORT.

.SATURDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH UP 2-4 PERCENT..
WINDS LIGHT/TERRAIN INFLUENCED. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST RIDGE/TRANSPORT.

FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110719.LION_.01/HNX