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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1101 PM PDT MON AUG 8 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1828 PDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TODAY,
THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND TURN AT LITTLE MORE TO THE SOUTH OR
SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. HOWEVER LITTLE IN THE WAY OF
MOISTURE IS SEEN UNTIL POSSIBLY THIS WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES AND
HUMIDITIES WILL SHOW LITTLE IF ANY DAY TO DAY CHANGES THROUGH
FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82 BASE...........74-78 TOP.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-27 PERCENT BASE...17-22 TOP.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-4 MPH THEN
                    SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH BY 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT BECOMING WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING WEST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53 BASE...........38-42 TOP.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-78 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-7 MPH UNTIL 2100 PDT THEN
                    BECOMING LIGHT DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84 BASE...........75-81 TOP.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-27 PERCENT BASE...19-22 TOP.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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