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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLOWS...SQF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1259 AM PDT MON SEP 5 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0002 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MID
AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE TO THE DISTRICT. THUNDERSTORMS FORMED SUNDAY
EVENING ALONG A CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY OVER THE SOUTHERN KERN COUNTY
DESERTS. AS THIS BOUNDARY MOVES NORTH DURING THE DAY...IT COULD
TRIGGER ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE FIRE SITE. TIMING IS A BIT
UNCERTAIN...BUT THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED...WITH
ONLY LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS UNLESS STORMS STALL OR TRAIN OVER THE
FIRE SITE. 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 TODAY BEFORE LOWERING A BIT BY
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

NOTE...WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS....MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-8 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...
                    THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY AFTER
                    1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 6 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 3-8 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    3-5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 3-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 1500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...LAURI SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110905.WILLO.01/HNX