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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILLOWS...SQF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
354 PM PDT FRI SEP 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1220 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT SATURDAY NIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FIRE
AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY DRY
SATURDAY...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME WETTER LATER SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY
                    DRY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    EASTERLY 2-5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
                    WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN AND NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 4-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-83 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-7 MPH. WINDS MAY BE
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 5-10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    EASTERLY 3-7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 5-10 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHEAST 3-7 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST-SOUTHEAST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...BEAN

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REQUESTED BY...LORENZO MIRANDA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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