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SPOT FORECAST FOR LION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1205 AM PDT WED JUL 25 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1314 PDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP MOISTURE WELL
TO THE EAST WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVER THE FIRE AREA FOR THE REST
OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL CHANGE LITTLE BUT SLIGHTLY LOWER
RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 78-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH EARLY...INCREASING TO 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 49-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 57-62 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    DECREASING TO 2-5 MPH BY MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 MPH.

FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...CHARLOTTE JORDAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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