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SPOT FORECAST FOR NATURE TRAIL...CA-KNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
828 PM PDT FRI OCT 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1605 PDT ON OCTOBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SURFACE HIGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN...
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RIDGE...WILL MAINTAIN A LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW
AND KEEP THE DISTRICT DRY. THESE DRY CONDITIONS...WITH ONLY MODERATE
HUMIDITY RECOVERY THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA...WILL REMAIN A CONCERN FOR FIRE DANGER.
AN ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN WILL RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF OVER THE WEST COAST
EARLY NEXT WEEK.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 66-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 9-14 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...
                    THEN UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 5-10 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST WINDS 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 35-39.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 67-72 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE EAST AFTER 0400 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST WINDS 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST LESS THAN 5 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 69-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 9-14 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...
                    THEN UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 5-10 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST LESS THAN 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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