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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
745 PM PDT THU AUG 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1834 PDT ON AUGUST 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT
WEATHER FEATURE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES THROUGH THE WEEKEND
BEFORE WEAKENING NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH DIGS INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE RIDGE WILL DRAW UP TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WITH INCREASING CLOUDS ON FRIDAY WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN STEADY.
WINDS ALOFT GENERALLY SOUTHERLY TURNING SOUTHWESTERLY BY SUNDAY.

NOTE...WINDS COULD BE GUSTY AND VARIABLE IN THE VICINITY OF
       THUNDERSTORMS.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH BY NOON...
                    THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 2-6 MPH AFTER
                    1600 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 3-8 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5-12 MPH AFTER 1400 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 2100
                    PDT...THEN NORTHEAST UP TO 3 MPH BY DAYBREAK.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-12 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    DECREASING TO 3-7 MPH AFTER 0200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS UP TO 4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH BY
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING...
                    INCREASING TO 5-12 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER 1600 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110825.LION_.01/HNX