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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOLTZEL FUELBREAK...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
926 PM PDT MON MAR 18 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO EXIT THE DISTRICT ON
TUESDAY AND A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN PUSHING INTO THE
DISTRICT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. BURN AREA TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN ON THE WARM SIDE ON TUESDAY BEFORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING
ARRIVES ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE
LATE TUESDAY FOR THE BURN AREA WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORM SYSTEM.


.TODAY (TUESDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 60-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 28-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 3-5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...
                    SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE BY 1400 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 5-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN...THEN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 40-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 90-100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE UP TO 3 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 7-9 MPH IN
                    THE EARLY EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY.
                    PERIODS OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 50-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 60-68 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2-4 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING SWITCHING TO SOUTHWEST 4-6 MPH BY
                    1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 9-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 MPH.


FORECASTER...BROTHERTON/ANDERSEN
$$REQUESTED BY...DAVID A REYNOLDS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130319.FERRE.01/HNX