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SPOT FORECAST FOR GRAPE...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1256 PM PDT WED AUG 17 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1200 PDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
AREA THROUGH THURSDAY WITH WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS AND TERRAIN
DRIVEN WINDS. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED OVER THE FIRE AREA
TONIGHT.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-30 PERCENT AT 1300 PDT...LOWERING TO MINIMUM OF
                    19-23 PERCENT LATE AFTERNOON.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 3-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 67-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 26-32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH 3-7 MPH EARLY EVENING SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE
                    2-5 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 4-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 4 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 91-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 19-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTH 3-7
                    MPH BY NOON.


FORECASTER...BEAN

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REQUESTED BY...DEREK DAVIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110817.GRAPE.01/HNX