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SPOT FORECAST FOR GROUSE VMP...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
545 PM PDT FRI SEP 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1620 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 80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 28-34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH UNTIL 0900 THEN UPSLOPE 3-5
                    MPH. WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC AND GUSTY NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 3-7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 47-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE AFTER 2000
                    PDT. WINDS ERRATIC AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL OR LESS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4-8 MPH

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 29-36 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS UP TO 4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST 3-6 MPH LATE IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

FORECASTER...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...DAVE SHY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110930.GROUS.01/HNX