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SPOT FORECAST FOR GROUSE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
800 PM PDT WED SEP 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1847 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND
A WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A WEAK UPPER TROUGH MOVING
THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY WILL BEGIN A GRADUAL
COOLING TREND. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN INFLUENCED
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-67 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER
                    2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 5-8 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 2500 FEET AGL THIS EVENING...LOWERING
                    TO 800 FEET AGL TOWARD SUNRISE TO THURSDAY.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 9 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPING WINDS IN THE MORNING. WINDS
                    BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 6-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6500 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 11 MPH.


.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-61 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3-5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPING WINDS UP TO 3 MPH
                    AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...VICTOR ESPINOSA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120912.GROUS.01/HNX