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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
924 PM PDT SAT JUL 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1711 PDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP DRY CONDITIONS
IN PLACE ACROSS THE FIRE AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH
TEMPERATURES REMAINING SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES. A WEAK
TROUGH WILL THEN BRUSH THE REGION...BRINGING SLIGHTLY COOLER AND
BREEZIER CONDITIONS THROUGH MIDWEEK.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 83-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 3-6 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 4-8 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    TO WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 44-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 70-75 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.....WEST 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    4 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 82-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 3-6 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH BECOMING WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110723.LION_.01/HNX