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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...SEQUOIA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
610 PM PDT SUN SEP 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1638 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BURN AREA
THROUGH LABOR DAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING
OVER THE BURN AREA BY LATER IN THE MORNING ON LABOR DAY. IF ANY
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC IN DIRECTION AND GUSTY.
A SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE DISTRICT BY
TUESDAY AS WINDS ALOFT BECOME MORE WESTERLY. HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY
TREND UPWARD THROUGH LABOR DAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN...BEFORE LOWERING A BIT BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

.LABOR DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
                    EXCEPT GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 11000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
                    EXCEPT GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 2 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110904.LION_.01/HNX