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SPOT FORECAST FOR CLARENCE UNDERBURN...SIERRA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
716 PM PDT WED MAY 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MAY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COOLING TREND WILL CONTINUE 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 THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE
SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE SIERRA CREST BY THURSDAY EVENING AND REMAIN
STRONG INTO THE MIDDAY HOURS FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
TREND DOWNWARD TODAY AND BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL BY
FRIDAY WHILE HUMIDITIES INCREASE SLIGHTLY EACH DAY THROUGH THE END
OF THE WEEK. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN SITE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.TODAY (THURSDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT (THURSDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST 1-4 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 1-4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT EXCEPT
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


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