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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
815 PM PDT MON AUG 22 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1727 PDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL TRANSPORT
TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO BURN AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL
RESULT IN CUMULUS DEVELOPMENT EACH AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH
MOISTURE AND LIFT TO GENERATE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY LIGHTNING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES WILL TREND SLIGHTLY HIGHER THROUGH THE
PERIOD. WINDS WILL REMAIN TERRAIN DRIVEN HOWEVER GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH 1000 PDT THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300 PDT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 7 MPH. WINDS ERRATIC
                    AND GUSTY IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    THROUGH 2000 PDT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 46-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 72-76 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 7-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH 1000 PDT THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER 1300 PDT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 22-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH. WINDS ERRATIC
                    AND GUSTY IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 7-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 13 MPH.


FORECASTER...DUDLEY
$$REQUESTED BY...JOSH PIEROTTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110822.LION_.01/HNX