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SPOT FORECAST FOR PMC WEST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1146 PM PDT TUE MAR 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON MARCH 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD WILL SLOWLY GIVE WAY DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS TO A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE PACIFIC.
THIS WILL MAINTAIN DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK.
FRIDAY WILL BRING COOLING TEMPERATURES AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS AS THE
FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH AFTER 1400 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4500 FEET AGL BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 2 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PDT.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-16 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...SCOTT SODEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120321.PMCWE.01/HNX