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SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH...CCICC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
345 PM PDT TUE JUL 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1528 PDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN PARKED
OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH FRIDAY AND BRING DRY WEATHER AND
LIGHT TERRAIN-DRIVEN WINDS TO THE BURN SITE. THE RIDGE WILL SLOW
THE NORTHWARD MOVEMENT OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK...BUT MAKE BETTER PROGRESS NORTHWARD INTO
THE DISTRICT THIS WEEKEND. HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESERT UNTIL THEN WITH POOR RECOVERIES EACH NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....64-66.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-42 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 6-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
                    BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH AFTER
                    2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
                    WINDS DECREASING TO 5-9 MPH AFTER 2300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 6000 FEET AGL EARLY THIS EVENING...LOWER
                    TO 1000 FEET AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....100-102.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-13 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 7-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO NEAR 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....66-68.
MAX HUMIDITY........39-41 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
                    BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 4-6 MPH AFTER
                    2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWER TO NEAR 1200 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...PT47
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120731.SOUTH.01/HNX