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SPOT FORECAST FOR JAWBONE...SOCAL IIMT2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
921 AM PDT MON AUG 13 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0800 PDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL CONTINUE IN THE VICINITY OF
THE FIRE UNTIL 1900 PDT AS SOME RESIDUAL MONSOONAL MOISTURE LINGERS
OVER THE REGION. A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE
REGION TUESDAY AND END THE THREAT OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
ADDITIONALLY...WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY BY MIDDAY
TUESDAY. A DRY WESTERLY FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVER THE FIRE FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HUMIDITIES WILL BE SLIGHTLY LOWER TUESDAY WITH
LITTLE DAY TO DAY CHANGE THEREAFTER.  TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
AVERAGE WELL ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING WITH A 30 PERCENT
                    CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 1900 PDT. CLEAR
                    LATER TONIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....70-74.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 40-44 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 5-12 MPH UNTIL 2000 PDT. WINDS
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 2-5 MPH BY 2200
                    PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-15 MPH THIS EVENING DIMINISHING TO
                    5-8 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. GUSTS TO 25 MPH POSSIBLE
                    EARLY THIS EVENING.
                    NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
LAL.................3 UNTIL 1900 PDT...THEN 1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. (AFTERNOON CUMULUS)
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 92-96.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 16 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 3-7 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/
                    UPCANYON 5-12 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-12 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    12-18 MPH BY 1300 PDT. GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.

.EXTENDED...
.WEDNESDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH DOWN 1-3
PERCENT..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 5-13 MPH.
   RIDGES...........WEST 8-18 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES DOWN 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH LITTLE
CHANGE..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 5-13 MPH.
   RIDGES...........WEST TO NORTHWEST 8-18 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH DOWN 1-3
PERCENT..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 5-12 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTH 10-15 MPH.

FORECASTER...DURFEE
$$
REQUESTED BY...BOB EISELE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120813.JAWBO.01/HNX