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SPOT FORECAST FOR MONOTTI...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
817 AM PST MON MAR 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON MARCH 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING MAINLY CLEAR SKIES TODAY.
ON TUESDAY...CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE AHEAD OF THE NEXT STORM
SYSTEM THAT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM
WILL THEN BRING OCCASIONAL RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW INTO WEDNESDAY.
THE UPPER TROUGH WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS
CONTINUING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 58-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 46-49 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 4-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST TO NORTHEAST 7-12 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN BECOMING WEST 4-7 MPH BY
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 4 MPH IN THE MORNING...TURNING
                    SOUTHWEST BY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 90-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH IN THE EVENING...SHIFTING TO
                    DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-7 MPH IN THE EVENING...SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST BY MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO LESS THAN 500 FEEL AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST TO SOUTHWEST 4 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 57-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8-13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...OCHS
$$REQUESTED BY...PAT LAENG
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130304.MONOT.01/HNX