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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
750 PM PDT SUN AUG 21 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1733 PDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
STATES AND INTO CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS WEEK. GRADUAL WARMING IS
EXPECTED INTO MIDWEEK. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL SHOW A SLIGHT
INCREASE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE FLOW BECOMES A LITTLE MORE
SOUTHEASTERLY.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE 78-80         TOP 71-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE WINDS 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH BY 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....BASE 40-42         TOP 48-50.
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.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE 80-82         TOP 73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH BY
                    1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...JAY ENNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110821.LION_.01/HNX