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SPOT FORECAST FOR PMC WEST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
526 PM PDT THU MAR 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1700 PDT ON MARCH 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING SOME HIGH
CLOUDS AT TIMES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES
AND HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH LIGHT...TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS.
INCREASING CLOUDS SATURDAY. BECOMING BREEZY AND COOLER IN THE
AFTERNOON WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW LATE.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 34-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 85-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-4 MPH SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH
                    BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 2-6 MPH BECOMING CALM.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING CALM.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 61-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 28-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 1-4 MPH GUSTS TO 7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3000-4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 2-7 MPH.


.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 36-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 85-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-4 MPH SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH
                    BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 2-6 MPH SHIFTING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 2-6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING CALM.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL LOWERING
                    TO NEAR 6500 FEET LATE IN AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 55-60...BUT FALLING THROUGH THE 40S IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 28-33 PERCENT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON
                    THEN INCREASING TO 45-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 1-4 MPH...SHIFTING
                    SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...HEATHER APPELHOF
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120329.PMCWE.02/HNX