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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPLIT...SEQUOIA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
147 PM PDT TUE OCT 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1328 PDT ON OCTOBER 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LOW OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL APPROACH
THE PACIFIC NW COAST TONIGHT. A DRY COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE BURN AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL LOWER
TEMPERATURES TO MORE SEASONABLE LEVELS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REBUILD
OVER CALIFORNIA ON THURSDAY AND KEEP DRY WEATHER AND SEASONABLE
TEMPERATURES NEAR THE BURN AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THE EARLY
PART OF NEXT WEEK.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-92.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2-4 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO WEST OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 4-8 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING INCREASING TO
                    7-14 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...PAIGE WILSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111018.SPLIT.01/HNX