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SPOT FORECAST FOR CLARENCE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1146 PM PDT MON MAY 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MAY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER NORTHERN CALIF
WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON...KEEPING A DRY
WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE BURN AREA. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TODAY...WARMING 5-8 DEGREES
WEDNESDAY. HUMIDITIES TODAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE...THEN
LOWER 10-15 PERCENT WEDNESDAY. GOOD NIGHTTIME RECOVERY. WINDS AT
THE BURN AREA WILL MAINLY BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST TO NORTH 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........78-86 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHWEST 5 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 5 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO WEST
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING WEST 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...TOMAS GONZALEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120515.CLARE.01/HNX