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SPOT FORECAST FOR GOLDEN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
704 PM PDT FRI SEP 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1719 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD. A WEAK
DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL CA WITH A MODEST AMOUNT OF
MOISTURE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS
TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRY NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PREVAIL
OVER THE BURN AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK AS COOLER AIR PUSHES IN. MUCH
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND WETTER WEATHER ARE EXPECTED BY THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK AS THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON MOVES INTO
CENTRAL CA.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 35-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING WEST
                    3-9 MPH. WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC AND GUSTY NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 15-20 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 49-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 70-77 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE WINDS 3-8 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE UP TO
                    4 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC
                    AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 15-20 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 53-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 49-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS UP TO 4 MPH UNTIL 1000 PDT THEN
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 15-20 MPH.


FORECASTER...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...JOSH PIEROTTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110930.GOLDE.01/HNX