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SPOT FORECAST FOR RANGE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
504 PM PDT WED MAY 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1619 PDT ON MAY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WARM AND DRY TREND WILL PREVAIL FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE WEEK AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER THE WEST.
A COOLING TREND WILL BEGIN THIS WEEKEND WITH A RETURN TO WESTERLY
ONSHORE FLOW. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN THE NEXT FEW
DAYS THEN BECOME BREEZY TO GUSTY OVER THE WEEKEND. A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL ARRIVE TO THE REGION MONDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO BRING
SLIGHT COOLING...WITH CONTINUED BREEZY TO GUSTY WINDS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 44-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 55-57 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6-11 MPH...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-4
                    MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 10-13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 77-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 19-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH...INCREASING TO NORTH 5-10
                    MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 7-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 47-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 52-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 5-10 MPH...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-4
                    MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 8-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 MPH.



FORECASTER...OCHS
$$REQUESTED BY...YVONNE SCOTT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120530.RANGE.01/HNX