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SPOT FORECAST FOR LONE TREE PILES...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1056 PM PST TUE JAN 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON FEBRUARY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE DISTRICT
WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS MAINLY TOWARDS THE SIERRA.
THE FIRE AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY WITH THICKER AND LOWER CLOUDS.
STRONGER WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT.
A DRY OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. LOWER HUMIDITY CAN BE
EXPECTED THURSDAY WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES FOR THE WEEKEND.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 4-7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...
                    INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 7-10 MPH BY MIDDAY.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 10-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 93 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 7-12 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    DECREASING TO 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 MPH

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3-5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 3-5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 10-12 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 MPH.

FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...PETER KELLY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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