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SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND FIRE...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1140 AM PDT WED JUL 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1016 PDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF FABIO ARE
BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD ACROSS THE FIRE AREA...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF
MID AND HIGH CLOUDS. HOWEVER...THERE MAY BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY TO GENERATE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-8 WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 3-6 MPH AFTER
                    2300 PDT. WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN AND
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 1-4 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO 7-13 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT. WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 8-15 MPH.


FORECASTER...BEAN

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REQUESTED BY...NEIL BULLOCK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120718.SANDF.01/HNX