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SPOT FORECAST FOR GOLDEN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
700 PM PDT TUE SEP 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1751 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND A WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW
WILL PROVIDE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AN EAST TO
SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP LATE IN THE WEEK...WITH
AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY EXPECTED FRIDAY OR SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-68 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 1-3 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 600 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST 3-6 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 11 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...JOSH PIEROTTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110927.GOLDE.01/HNX