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SPOT FORECAST FOR CLARENCE...SIERRA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
755 PM PDT TUE MAY 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MAY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DAY TO DAY COOLING TREND WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH
FRIDAY AS AN UNUSUALLY DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH GRADUALLY SETTLES
SOUTHWARD FROM WESTERN CANADA. A BRISK ONSHORE FLOW IN ADVANCE OF
THIS TROUGH WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING WITH STRONG
RIDGE TOP WINDS OCCURRING OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA CREST.
TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT AT MORE THAN 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
BY FRIDAY WHILE HUMIDITIES INCREASE SLIGHTLY EACH DAY THROUGH THE
END OF THIS WEEK. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN SITE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 4-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 4-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...TOMAS GONZALEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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