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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASCADE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
849 PM PDT TUE AUG 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1553 PDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER TROUGH WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
TONIGHT AND MAINTAIN A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL REMAIN VERY LOW BUT INCREASE SLIGHTLY THROUGH THURSDAY WHILE
TEMPERATURES CHANGE LITTLE. AN UPPER TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY WITH INCREASING WINDS...FOLLOWED BY A
LITTLE COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS INTO THE WEEKEND.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 72-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 8-12 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NEAR CALM IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 9 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 46-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 26-31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 72-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 12-15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NEAR CALM IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 10 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120828.CASCA.01/HNX