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SPOT FORECAST FOR JAWBONE...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1146 PM PDT FRI AUG 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2312 PDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND GENERALLY LIGHT
TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE DISTRICT THROUGH
MONDAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED
OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA DOMINATES THE PATTERN. THERE WILL BE
JUST ENOUGH MID LEVEL MOISTURE PRESENT TO FUEL ISOLATED MAINLY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT
THROUGH MONDAY. LITTLE DIURNAL CHANGE IN HUMIDITIES IS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE PERIOD.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 76-80.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-12 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                    4-8 MPH AFTER 0400 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 9-18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 99-103.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 12-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-10 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST AFTER 0900 PDT...THEN SOUTH
                    6-12 MPH AFTER 1300 MPH.
                    NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 9-18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 12000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN MOSTLY CLEAR.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 76-80.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 3-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-18 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING DECREASING
                    TO 4-7 MPH.
                    NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 95-99.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 13-18 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST 4-9 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...
                    INCREASING TO SOUTH 6-12 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-7 MPH INCREASING TO 8-18 MPH DURING THE
                    AFTERNOON.
                    NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 12000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 MPH.

FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...KRISTY KENNEDY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120810.JAWBO.02/HNX