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SPOT FORECAST FOR CREEK...CAL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
556 PM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1626 PDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE
FIRE LOCATION TONIGHT AND NO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WERE CAUSED BY A
WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING UP THE COAST AND THIS FEATURE WILL
MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA DURING THE EVENING. FOR SUNDAY, DRIER
AIR ALOFT WILL INHIBIT ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. MAXIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY TONIGHT WILL TREND LOWER THAN LAST NIGHT HOWEVER
RECOVERIES WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL. FOR NEXT WEEK HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP
DRY WEATHER OVER THE BURN AREA WITH WARMING AND DRYING CONDITIONS.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEARING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 66-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 40-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2-4 MPH THROUGH 2000 PDT THEN BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 5-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 90-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 16-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE UNDER 3 MPH UNTIL 1100 PDT THEN UPSLOPE
                    2-5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 MPH.


FORECASTER...DUDLEY
$$REQUESTED BY...B4314 - CHIEF DUNHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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