FNUS76 KHNX 310150
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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...SEQUOIA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
650 PM PDT SAT JUL 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1802 PDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRAS THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH CONTINUED CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AND WETTING
RAIN OVER THE FIRE. WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC AND GUSTY NEAR ANY
THUNDERSTORM...OTHERWISE LIGHT AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN. DRIER AIR
FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL ARRIVE BY MONDAY NIGHT BRINGING AN END TO
THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT.

.TODAY (SUNDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-49 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT
                    EXCEPT GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT (SUNDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT EXCEPT GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO BELOW 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT
                    EXCEPT GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH BY NOON PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110730.LION_.01/HNX