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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...NPS-SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
357 PM PDT WED SEP 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1516 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
TONIGHT. AS THIS LOW SETTLES OVER INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...IT
WILL TAP INTO SOME MONSOONAL MOISTURE AND BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SIERRA NEVADA AS EARLY AS
THURSDAY. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE
OVER THE ENTIRE DISTRICT FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM STALLS OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. UNSETTLED WEATHER
IS POSSIBLE EVEN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE SYSTEM COULD BE SLOW
TO PUSH EASTWARD.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING, THEN PARTLY CLOUDY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 65-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 3-5 MPH UNTIL 0800 PDT,
                    INCREASING TO WEST 4-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 3-5 MPH UNTIL 0800 PDT,
                    INCREASING TO WEST TO NORTHWEST 6-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MIN 43-46.
MIN HUMIDITY........MAX 70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 5-8 MPH UNTIL 2100 PDT, BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 3-6 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 9-12 MPH UNTIL 2100 PDT,
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST 5-8 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 7 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING, THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 24-29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 3-5 MPH, INCREASING TO EAST 7-10
                    MPH AFTER 0800 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 5-8 MPH UNTIL 0800 PDT, SHIFTING AND
                    INCREASING TO EAST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 16 MPH.


FORECASTER...OCHS
$$REQUESTED BY...ASH MOUNTIAN FIRE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110907.LION_.01/HNX