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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...SQF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
800 PM PDT SAT AUG 20 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1818 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS
CALIFORNIA EARLY IN THE WEEK. THIS RIDGE WILL INTRODUCE A GRADUAL
WARMING TREND INTO MID-WEEK. HUMIDITIES WILL SHOW LITTLE CHANGE TODAY
THEN A SLIGHT INCREASE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE FLOW BECOMES A
LITTLE MORE SOUTHEAST.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE 77-80         TOP 71-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH BY
                    1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 11 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....BASE 41-43         TOP 47-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-52 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT
                    THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 600 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...LAURI SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110820.LION_.01/HNX