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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0627 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LOW OFF THE COAST WILL CONTINUE TO SEND
MID LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE DISTRICT THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL BE UNSTABLE ENOUGH FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT TO REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A
DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE DISTRICT ON
SUNDAY...LOWERING TEMPERATURES BY SEVERAL DEGREES. WINDS WILL BECOME
GUSTY ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...OVER THE CREST
OF THE SIERRA...AND THROUGH AND BELOW THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAIN
PASSES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO WARM BACK UP AS HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS TO THE REGION.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 17-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS 0800 PDT
                    THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 9000 FEET ABOVE THE BASE OF FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 79-84 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO 500 FEET ABOVE THE BASE OF FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...OCHS
$$REQUESTED BY...DEREK DAVIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110924.WOODF.01/HNX