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SPOT FORECAST FOR NELSON HAZARD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1141 PM PST WED NOV 7 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON NOVEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY
AFTERNOON BRINGING MUCH COOLER WEATHER TO THE AREA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON CHANGING
TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE AFTERNOON CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...CHANGING
                    TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 44-49.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 40-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2-6 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE WEST 3-9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT SOUTHEAST BECOMING WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 29-32.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 87-97 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3-9 MPH UNTIL MIDNIGHT BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 7-12 MPH DECREASING TO 2-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 29-33.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 70-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...HIGH SIERRA RANGER DISTRICT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121108.NELSO.01/HNX