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SPOT FORECAST FOR PMC WEST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
735 PM PDT TUE APR 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRUSH THE NORTH END OF
THE DISTRICT STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THE MAIN IMPACT DISTRICT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT COOLING AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
REBUILD OVER THE STATE AFTERWARD WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING WELL
ABOVE NORMAL BY THE END OF THE WEEK.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 40-44.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 4-9 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO NORTH 8-18 BY THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 1500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 25-29.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 80-85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 8-18 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 7-17 MPH LATE IN
                    EVENING BECOMING NORTH 4-9 MPH BY DAYBREAK.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST WINDS 15-25 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 15 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 35-39
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 29-34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 4-9 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 8-15 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 12-18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...LYNDSAY ALARCON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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