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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1413 PDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM FABIO
IS BEING DRAWN NORTHWARD INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THIS SYSTEM
WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FIRE
AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
LATE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND THEY SHOULD BE
WET.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY AFTER 2100 PDT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 57-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 54-59 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH...
                    THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 2-4 MPH AFTER 2100 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 83-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 23-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 3-6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST TO 5-9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 13 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-12 MPH.


FORECASTER...BEAN

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REQUESTED BY...NEIL BULLOCK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120718.SANDF.02/HNX