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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
540 PM PDT TUE SEP 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1541 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST
WILL BRING DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE DISTRICT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS THIS LOW SETTLES OVER THE CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA INTERIOR LATER THIS WEEK...IT WILL TAP INTO SOME MONSOONAL
MOISTURE AND BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
FIRE SITE AS EARLY AS THURSDAY. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL INCREASE OVER THE DISTRICT THIS WEEKEND AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
STALLS OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.

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

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 62-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 4-9 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...THEN TURNING
                    SOUTHWEST AFTER 1300 PDT...AND BECOMING WEST
                    3-8 MPH AFTER 1600 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING...
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER 1000 PDT THEN TURNING
                    WESTERLY AFTER 1500 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 39-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 69-74 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3-6 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTH EARLY IN THE EARLY
                    EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST UP TO
                    7 MPH LATE IN THE EARLY EVENING INCREASING TO
                    3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 3-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    AFTER 2300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 62-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 4-9 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...THEN TURNING
                    SOUTHWEST AFTER 1300 PDT...AND BECOMING WEST
                    3-8 MPH AFTER 1600 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 3-8 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO 6-12 MPH AFTER 1500 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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