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SPOT FORECAST FOR PMC WEST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
855 PM PDT WED APR 11 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER STORM WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT THE BURN SITE BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND BRING SNOW TO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY. BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL COOL FURTHER ON
FRIDAY THEN A WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.

.TODAY (THURSDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 5-10 MPH BY NOON PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT (THURSDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-32.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-16 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....31-33.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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