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SPOT FORECAST FOR WOODS CREEK...SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
600 PM PDT WED JUL 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1550 PDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM FABIO
WILL BRING HIGHER HUMIDITIES...SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN AREA THURSDAY. A DRIER AND MORE
STABLE AIRMASS WILL MOVE OVER THE FIRE FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS WESTWARD FROM THE FOUR CORNERS REGION.
A RENEWED THREAT OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL
OCCUR THIS WEEKEND AS MONSOONAL MOISTURE FLOWS NORTHWARD INTO THE
SIERRA.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF A
                    THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.
     NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF
                         THUNDERSTORMS.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING WITH A 20 PERCENT
                    CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM. BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR
                    BY MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.
     NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF
                          THUNDERSTORMS.
.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH
                    BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 8-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 10,000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHERLY 14 MPH.


.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF AN
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM.  LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES WITH SLIGHTLY
HIGHER HUMIDITIES. UPSLOPE WINDS AVERAGING ABOUT 3 MPH WITH SOUTHERLY
WINDS OVER THE RIDGES OF 5-15 MPH.

FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...FEMO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120718.WOODS.01/HNX