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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
705 PM PDT WED AUG 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1715 PDT ON AUGUST 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE
BURN SITE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. LOW HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH GENERALLY POOR RECOVERIES FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF
NIGHTS. TEMPERATURES WILL CHANGE LITTLE FROM DAY TO DAY OVER THE
BURN SITE. RIDGE WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE FOR THE LATTER
PART OF THIS WEEK AS THE ONSHORE FLOW STRENGTHENS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-54 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AT 4000 FEET AGL...LOWERING TO AROUND 600
                    FEET AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-52 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH UNTIL 2100 PDT...THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTERWARD.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 700 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-16 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT...INCREASING
                    TO UPSLOPE 5-10 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110803.LION_.01/HNX