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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLOWS...SQF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
905 PM PDT TUE SEP 6 2011

CORRECTED TO ADD MISSING MIXING HEIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2010 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 86-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 4-9 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...
                    THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY AFTER
                    1500 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS 8-12 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHERLY BY 1200 PDT...THEN TURNING
                    SOUTHWESTERLY AFTER 1500 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 40-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 83-88 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 3-8 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    3-5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AFTER 2000 PDT...THEN
                    BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER
                    0200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...LORENZO MIRANDA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110906.WILLO.01/HNX