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SPOT FORECAST FOR FERRETTI FUELBREAK...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1037 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 BURN AREA
TODAY AND A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN PUSHING INTO THE
BURN AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN ON THE WARM SIDE TODAY BEFORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING
ARRIVES ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORM SYSTEM.


.TODAY (TUESDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 58-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 39-49 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 3-5 MPH IN THE MORNING...SHIFTING
                    TO UPSLOPE BY 1400 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 5-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE UP TO 3 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 7-9 MPH AROUND
                    2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. PERIODS OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 60-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2-4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 4-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 9-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 MPH.


FORECASTER...BARLOW/ANDERSEN
$$REQUESTED BY...DAVID A REYNOLDS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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