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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1842 PDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND GENERALLY LIGHT
TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE PATTERN. THERE WILL
BE JUST ENOUGH MID LEVEL MOISTURE PRESENT TO FUEL ISOLATED AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY NORTH OF LAKE ISABELLA...
THROUGH THE PERIOD. OTHERWISE...A SLIGHTLY DRIER AND MORE STABLE
AIRMASS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAIN AND DESERT AREAS
AND MINIMIZE THE THREAT OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS REGION.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. (AFTERNOON CUMULUS)
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 92-96.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 3-7 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/
                    UPCANYON 6-11 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO WEST
                    12-18 MPH BY NOON PDT. GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...OTHERWISE MOSTLY
                    CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 69-73.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 35-39 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 2-5 MPH BY
                    2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 5-8
                    MPH BY MIDNIGHT PDT.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. (AFTERNOON CUMULUS)
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 91-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 17-21 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 3-7 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/
                    UPCANYON 6-11 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 5-12 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO WEST
                    12-18 MPH BY NOON PDT. GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.

.EXTENDED...
.THURSDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES DOWN 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH LITTLE
CHANGE..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 6-12 MPH.
   RIDGES...........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 10-16 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH LITTLE
CHANGE..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 6-12 MPH.
   RIDGES...........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 10-16 MPH.

.SATURDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH DOWN 1-3
PERCENT..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 6-12 MPH.
   RIDGES...........WEST 10-15 MPH.


FORECASTER...OCHS
$$REQUESTED BY...BOB EISELE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120813.JAWBO.02/HNX