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SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAR...SIERRA ECC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
639 PM PDT THU AUG 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1748 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN OVER CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY...KEEPING TEMPERATURES WELL
ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE A SLIGHT COOLING TAKES
PLACE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE RIDGE BEGINS TO WEAKEN. A LIGHT
SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING IN SOME UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE AND
PROVIDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA
EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE CREST. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN.

NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
                    A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING...MAINLY NEAR THE CREST.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 54-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON WINDS 6-12 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    DECREASING TO 3-6 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 6-12 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING SHIFTING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH OVERNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 86-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 12-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE WINDS 3-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST 8-16 MPH BY 1200 PDT WITH
                    GUSTS TO 21 MPH. WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON
                    8-15 MPH AFTER 1400 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO WEST 6-12 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...BEAR IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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