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SPOT FORECAST FOR BEAR...SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1028 AM PDT MON AUG 13 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0943 PDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND GENERALLY LIGHT TERRAIN
DRIVEN WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH AT LEAST
WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION REMAINS IN CONTROL. THERE WILL BE JUST
ENOUGH MONSOONAL MOISTURE PRESENT TO BRING A THREAT OF AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE EACH DAY. OTHERWISE...
THERE WILL BE LITTLE DIURNAL CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES
THROUGH AT LEAST MIDWEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDINESS WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE
                    OF A THUNDERSTORM AFTER 1230 PDT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE 81-84.        TOP  74-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........BASE 25 PERCENT.   TOP 32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 6-10 MPH.
                    NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING WITH A 40 PERCENT
                    CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 1900 PDT. PARTLY
                    CLOUDY LATER TONIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1930 PDT BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH BY 2130 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 5-8 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST TO EAST
                    3-6 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
                    NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS EVENING.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY TO MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH A 30 PERCENT
                    CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE 81-84.        TOP 74-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........BASE 23 PERCENT.   TOP 30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH BY
                    1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 2-4 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-9 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
                    NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY IN THE VICINITY OF
                    AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.

FORECASTER...DURFEE
$$
REQUESTED BY...ECC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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