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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
359 PM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1519 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH
THE WEEKEND AND PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FIRE SITE
THROUGH SUNDAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY DRY IN THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS THIS EVENING. BY LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE WETTER. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO
STALL OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK
WHICH WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS.

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


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 54-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 4-10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 3-8 MPH AFTER
                    1300 PDT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH AFTER 1600
                    PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...ASH MOUNTAIN FIRE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110910.LION_.01/HNX