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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
645 PM PDT THU AUG 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1809 PDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST
OVER THE DISTRICT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WHILE AN ONSHORE FLOW
BRINGS SHALLOW INTRUSIONS OF MARINE AIR INTO THE SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY. LITTLE DIURNAL CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES
IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE...83-86.       TOP...74-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH
                    BY NOON PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 6-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....BASE...44-47.          TOP...50-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........BASE...66-70 PERCENT.  TOP...56-58 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH UNTIL 2000 PDT...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTERWARD.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 5-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 600 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. (A FEW AFTERNOON CUMULUS)
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE...82-85.          TOP...71-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 4-7 MPH
                    BY NOON PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 7-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110811.LION_.01/HNX