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SPOT FORECAST FOR PMC WEST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
745 PM PDT WED APR 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM BRUSHED THE NORTH END OF
THE DISTRICT THIS MORNING...WITH CLOUDS STILL LINGERING OVER THE
AREA. THIS PACIFIC STORM ALSO BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT COOLING AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF THE DISTRICT TODAY. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL PERSIST OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND DESERT INTO THURSDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REBUILD OVER THE STATE ON FRIDAY WITH TEMPERATURES
CLIMBING WELL ABOVE NORMAL BY THE END OF THE WEEK.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 41-45.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 21-25.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 80-85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 18 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 44-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE WINDS 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 4 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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