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SPOT FORECAST FOR 58 COMPLEX...CND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
831 PM PDT WED AUG 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1941 PDT ON AUGUST 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE
DISTRICT THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. LOW HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER KERN COUNTY WITH
GENERALLY POOR RECOVERY FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS.
AN INCREASE IN ONSHORE FLOW BEGINNING TONIGHT WILL BRING A SHALLOW
INTRUSION OF MARINE AIR INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND LOWER
FOOTHILLS WHERE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-96.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTH 3-8 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTH 3-6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 4 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH 3-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...DAVID BRINSFIELD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110803.58COM.02/HNX