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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1045 PM PDT FRI JUL 22 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1727 PDT ON JULY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION AND KEEP THE
FIRE AREA DRY WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER
NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A FEW CUMULUS
BUILDUPS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOONS BUT NO PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 83-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 3-6 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 9 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 3-6 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 44-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 57-62 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    9 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                    1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 1-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 4 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 83-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 3-6 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 9 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    TO WEST 4-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 11000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110722.LION_.01/HNX