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SPOT FORECAST FOR BATTERSON...USFS CA-SNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1246 AM PDT WED NOV 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON NOVEMBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE DRY OFFSHORE
FLOW CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF AN EXITING FRONTAL
SYSTEM. COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
BEFORE A COLDER AND WETTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.


SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 3-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 MPH
                    AFTER 1000 PDT.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........74-79 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 7-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH BECOMING EAST 5 MPH
                    AFTER 2000 PDT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASING
                    CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTH 4-8 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 7-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 12 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...MIKE FRALICKS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111102.BATTE.01/HNX