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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1235 AM PDT WED AUG 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1835 PDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO
SEND TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY...PRODUCING SOME
AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS. NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
AT THE FIRE SITE BUT MAY DEVELOP NEARBY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
A DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL THEN DEVELOP AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. LITTLE CHANGE IN SURFACE TEMPERATURES
AND HUMIDITY...WITH WARMER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS CONTINUING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 2-7 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING BELOW 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING WEST 2-7 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...JOSH PIEROTTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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