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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLIDES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
826 PM PDT WED SEP 5 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1734 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL TRANSPORT MID AND
HIGH LEVEL TROPICAL MOISTURE OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING AND PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. MOST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FAIRLY DRY. THE
THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL DIMINISH FRIDAY AS A SLIGHTLY DRIER
AIRMASS MOVES OVER THE BURN AREA. HUMIDITIES WILL TREND A BIT
HIGHER DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS WHILE TEMPERATURES AVERAGE ABOVE
NORMAL. WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN
THROUGH THURSDAY EXCEPT IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS WHERE
ERRATIC AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY.

.TODAY (THURSDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-7 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 70-78 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 22-28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

FORECASTER...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...LUIS OROZCO
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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