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SPOT FORECAST FOR COMANCHE 9 12...CAL FIRE TEAM 7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
654 PM PDT SUN SEP 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1751 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST THROUGH MONDAY EVENING
AND BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE COMPLEX.
ALTHOUGH THE UPPER LOW WEAKENS AND MOVES INLAND BY THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK...AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN THE VICINITY
OF THE FIRE TUESDAY.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF AN
                    AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH
                    BY 1400 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5-9 MPH UNTIL ABOUT 1400 PDT
                    THEN SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 4-6 MPH.
                    (NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                            VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS)
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 MPH.


.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A
                    THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 2000 PDT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH BY
                    MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 8-15 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 5-8 MPH BY
                    0300 PDT TUESDAY.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...JON HEGGIE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110911.COMAN.02/HNX