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SPOT FORECAST FOR MPRD APACHE SADDLE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
930 PM PST TUE FEB 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON FEBRUARY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS TO MUCH OF THE REGION
WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS THROUGH AND BELOW THE MOUNTAIN PASSES
OF KERN COUNTY. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS THE STORM MOVES INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WINDS
WILL DIMINISH BY LATE IN THE DAY THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE DISTRICT. OTHERWISE...THE RIDGE WILL
BRING DRY WEATHER...SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITIES
TO THE DISTRICT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-39.
MIN HUMIDITY........58-60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO 10-15 MPH BY 1300 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 8-16 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 15-25 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 600 FEET AGL IN THE MORNING...RISING TO
                    AROUND 2500 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 25 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN
                    THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-30.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-88 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 12-18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 18-22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 20 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 40 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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