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SPOT FORECAST FOR QUAIL...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
454 AM PDT SAT SEP 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0414 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LOW OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
WILL CONTINUE TO SEND MID LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE DISTRICT THROUGH
THIS EVENING. THUS...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT INTO THE
EVENING. A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE DISTRICT
ON SUNDAY...LOWERING TEMPERATURES BY SEVERAL DEGREES. WINDS WILL
BECOME GUSTY OVER THE CREST OF THE SIERRA...AND THROUGH AND BELOW
THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAIN PASSES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 77-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS UNTIL 0800 PDT THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...OCHS
$$REQUESTED BY...CHIEF MONAHAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110924.QUAIL.01/HNX