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SPOT FORECAST FOR ESHOM PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
610 PM PDT TUE OCT 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1755 PDT ON OCTOBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL
SWEEP INTO AND ACROSS THE BURN AREA LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION AND INCREASED WINDS. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES. COOL AND SHOWERY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ON THURSDAY AS
THIS SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE DISTRICT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN
TO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND PROVIDING THE BURN AREA WITH
A WARMING TREND AND LOWERING HUMIDITIES.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN...THEN SHOWERS LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 47-49.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 80-85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 17-22 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 700 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 37-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 12-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 48-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 2-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 3-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 MPH.


FORECASTER...DUDLEY
$$REQUESTED BY...CHRISTOPHER MORALES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111004.ESHOM.02/HNX