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SPOT FORECAST FOR MEHRTEN...NPS-SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
416 PM PDT MON AUG 13 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1529 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 ACROSS THE DISTRICT AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE PATTERN. THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO
WEAKEN BY WEDNESDAY BRINGING A SLIGHT DOWNWARD TREND IN TEMPERATURES.
LITTLE DAY TO DAY CHANGE IN HUMIDITIES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.
THERE WILL BE JUST ENOUGH MID LEVEL MOISTURE PRESENT TO FUEL ISOLATED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 40-44 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS UNTIL 1400 PDT...THEN
                    INCREASING TO UPSLOPE 4-7 MPH. EXCEPT WINDS GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-8 MPH UNTIL NOON PDT...THEN INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 10-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY EVENING THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MIN 54-58.
MIN HUMIDITY........MAX 56-60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 4-7 MPH UNTIL 2000 PDT...BECOMING LIGHT
                    AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. EXCEPT WINDS GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-14 MPH...THEN DECREASING TO 4-7 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 68-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 38-42 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS UNTIL 1400 PDT...THEN INCREASING TO
                    TO UPSLOPE 4-7 MPH. EXCEPT WINDS GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-8 MPH UNTIL NOON PDT...THEN INCREASING TO
                    10-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 11 MPH.


FORECASTER...OCHS
$$REQUESTED BY...FEMO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120813.MEHRT.01/HNX