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SPOT FORECAST FOR NELSON PILE BURN...USFS HIGH SEIRRA RANGER DISTRICT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1139 PM PDT WED NOV 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 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 PARTLY CLOUDY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-9 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4500 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 AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....22-26.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 MPH AFTER
                    2300 PDT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-40.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 1-4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING WESTERLY 3-7 MPH AFTER NOON PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 5-11 MPH
                    AFTER 1000 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 4 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 11 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...BRIAN VASQUEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111103.NELSO.01/HNX