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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
820 PM PDT SUN AUG 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1823 PDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE FIRE
THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY WITH A PREVAILING WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT.
TEMPERATURES WILL CHANGE LITTLE FROM DAY TO DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD
WHILE HUMIDITIES TREND SLIGHTLY HIGHER.

NOTE: A DEVELOPING INVERSION EACH NIGHT WILL TRAP SMOKE IN THE
KERN RIVER VALLEY UNTIL THE LATE MORNING HOURS EACH DAY.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE...83-86.          TOP...72-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH
                    BY NOON PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WESTERLY 7-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 8500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. SMOKE SETTLING INTO THE RIVER VALLEY
                    BY 2200 PDT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....BASE...44-47.          TOP...50-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........BASE...66-70 PERCENT.  TOP...36-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH UNTIL 1930 PDT BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 7-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. (SOME AFTERNOON CUMULUS)
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE...82-85.          TOP...71-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH
                    BY NOON PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 8200 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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