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SPOT FORECAST FOR PONDEROSA...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
532 PM PST FRI JAN 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON JANUARY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA
SATURDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF AND END DURING THE MORNING.
COOLER AIR BEHIND THE TROUGH WILL BRING SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
TO THE BURN AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATION UP TO 4 INCHES
MAY OCCUR AFTER THE CHANGEOVER. SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL BE
BETWEEN SYSTEMS...WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES BUT NO PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE EARLY MORNING...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT
                    TIMES. RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW BY AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 37-42.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 62-72 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPVALLEY/UPPSLOPE 2-7 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST
                    7-17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15-25 MPH SHIFTING TO
                    NORTHWEST BY AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
                    OVER EXPOSED RIDGETOPS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO NEAR 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....UPVALLEY 7-17 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 28-32.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 85-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 15-25 MPH DECREASING 5-1 MPH TOWARD
                    DAYBREAK.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....UPVALLEY 7-17 MPH BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 43-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 39-49 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPVALLEY 2-6 MPH.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...RON SALAZAR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120121.PONDE.01/HNX