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SPOT FORECAST FOR NEEDLES...SEQUOIA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
917 AM PDT FRI JUL 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0755 PDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL TRANSPORT MONSOONAL MOISTURE NORTHWARD
INTO THE SIERRA TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE ONSET OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY DRY
LIGHTNING...THEN A DEEPER INFLUX OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE IS LIKELY THIS
WEEKEND WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AND WETTING RAIN.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY AFTER 1400 PDT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 76-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 28-34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5-10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE VICINITY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH.


FORECASTER...BEAN

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REQUESTED BY...IC-T
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110729.NEEDL.01/HNX