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SPOT FORECAST FOR MTN HOME VMP...CAL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
431 PM PST TUE NOV 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON NOVEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER AND UNSEASONABLY WARM AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE DISTRICT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE ALOFT DRIFTS FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO NORTHERN MEXICO. AN
OFFSHORE FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT WITH POOR NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A STORM SYSTEM ORIGINATING IN THE
GULF OF ALASKA WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LATER
THIS WEEK. SUBSTANTIALLY COOLER TEMPERATURES...HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND
LOCALLY STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE DISTRICT THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY ALONG WITH THE LIKELIHOOD OF WET WEATHER...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE MOUNTAINS.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56 AT IGNITION...MAX 60-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 4-9 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING TO
                    THE NORTHWEST 4-10 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 2500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 35-9.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 75-85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 4-9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH AFTER 1800
                    PST...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AFTER
                    0100 PST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 4-10 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    INCREASING TO WEST 7-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 38-42.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 7-15 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 12-20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 16-31 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 2000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...DAVE SHY
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