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SPOT FORECAST FOR KINSMAN 2 PRESCRIBED BURN...USDA FOREST SERVICE/SIERRA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1111 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON NOVEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...COOL AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON
BEFORE A COLDER AND WET STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM
WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY BRINGING ANOTHER PERIOD
OF UNSETTLED WEATHER.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
                    WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 56-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 12-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTH 5-11 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET ABOVE AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 4 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTH 15 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 33-36.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 85-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-11 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 3-5 MPH AFTER 2300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 7 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT PDT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 40-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 55-60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    WESTERLY 3-7 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 5-11 MPH
                    AFTER 1000 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 11 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...GLORIA SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111103.KINSM.01/HNX