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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
721 PM PDT TUE AUG 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1751 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE BURN AREA THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. AN UPPER-LEVEL HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO CALIFORNIA LATER THIS WEEK RESULTING
IN TEMPERATURES WARMING TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH NOT MUCH
CHANGE IN DIURNAL HUMIDITIES. DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL AT LEAST
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

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.

.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.

.THURSDAY...

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...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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