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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
833 PM PDT WED AUG 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1845 PDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.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 AFTER
                    1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT BECOMING WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 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 2000 PDT THEN
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 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.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-84 BASE...........75-81 TOP.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-27 PERCENT BASE...19-22 TOP.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT BECOMING WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110810.LION_.01/HNX