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SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAR CREAK...USFS HIGH SEIRRA RANGER DISTRICT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1110 AM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON OCTOBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
EARLY THIS MORNING. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.
A SECOND AND MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BEGIN BRINGING LIGHT RAIN
TO THE FIRE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AT
TIMES WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 1.5
INCHES. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO 6000 TO 6500 FEET WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. COOL AND SHOWERY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY
AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE DISTRICT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 50-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...
                    INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    BY EARLY MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 35-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 95-100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN IN THE MORNING...TURNING TO SHOWERS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL LOWERING TO 6000-6500
                    FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX AROUND 40.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 3-9 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 3-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.



FORECASTER...BEAN

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REQUESTED BY...TOMAS GONZALEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111004.BEARC.01/HNX