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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASTLE...SQF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
835 AM PDT THU AUG 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0751 PDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO THE WEEKEND AS A DRY
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PREVAILS OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN AROUND AVERAGE WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY
EXPECTED. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE TERRAIN INFLUENCED THROUGH THE PERIOD.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 75-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 23-28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 50-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 73-78 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-6 MPH UNTIL 1900 PDT...THEN BECOMING
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH UNTIL 2200 PDT...THEN BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 76-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 22-27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE UNTIL 0900 PDT...THEN
                    INCREASING TO WEST 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH UNTIL 0900 PDT...THEN
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...OCHS
$$REQUESTED BY...GERALD GAMBOA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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