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SPOT FORECAST FOR MPRD ADMIN PILES - APACHE SADDLE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
755 AM PST WED DEC 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON DECEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TODAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE BURN SITE. A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE DOWN THE EAST SIDE
OF THE SIERRA NEVADA ON THURSDAY...BUT MOSTLY CLOUD COVER WILL BE
OBSERVED OVER THE BURN SITE. WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE TEHACHAPI
MOUNTAINS BEHIND THIS SYSTEM ON FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY A DRY OFFSHORE
FLOW DURING THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-51 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 4-7 MPH AFTER 1000 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 900 FEET AGL THIS MORNING...RISING TO
                    2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....26-28.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 3-5 MPH UNTIL EARLY EVENING.
                    THEN DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTER 2200 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-45.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-49 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 4-8 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO NORTHEAST 7-14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10-20 MPH. GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 18 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...KATE RODRIGUEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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