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SPOT FORECAST FOR STAR...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
932 AM PDT SAT SEP 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0826 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT BELOW 5000 FEET UNTIL MIDNIGHT PDT
TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND AND PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF THE DISTRICT
THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE FIRE SITE FROM THE
SOUTH BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY DRY IN THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS TODAY. 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.

WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 76-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 5-11 MPH SHIFTING
                    TO UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-9 MPH AFTER 1400 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS 5-12 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER NOON PDT...THEN BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 8-12 MPH AFTER 1600 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY AND SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 60-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 95-100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-9 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5-11 MPH AFTER
                    2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST WINDS 8-12 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING EAST 6-12 MPH AFTER 2300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 600 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SHOWERS LIKELY. SCATTERED
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 72-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 40-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 5-11 MPH SHIFTING
                    TO UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-9 MPH AFTER 1400 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 6-12 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    3-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...KENNETH THOMPSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110910.STAR_.01/HNX