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SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHWAY...SIERRA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
851 AM PDT MON APR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0757 PDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LIGHT WINDS AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO
THE HAZMAT SITE TODAY. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM TO THE HAZMAT SITE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL BE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL
PARK. DRY BUT COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS AN
ONSHORE FLOW PREVAILS OVER THE SITE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY THIS
                    AFTERNOON WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A
                    THUNDERSTORM AFTER 1400 PDT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64 AT 0900 PDT...MAX 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT AT 0900 PDT...MIN 30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2-4 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH BY 1300 PDT.
                    NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 4-7 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST AT SIMILAR SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHERLY 6 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM
                    UNTIL 2000 PDT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 96 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 2-4 MPH. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY
                    THIS EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHERLY 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...ECC
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20120423.HIGHW.01/HNX