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SPOT FORECAST FOR BARNES NORTH...USFS SIERRA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1125 PM PDT WED MAR 27 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL DRIFT
TOWARD THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND
BRING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE DISTRICT THIS
WEEKEND. BEFOREHAND...A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL TRANSPORT
MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE DISTRICT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING WITH LITTLE MORE THAN ISOLATED SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES OVER
MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS FROM FRESNO COUNTY NORTH. TEMPERATURES
WILL AVERAGE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WHILE
WINDS REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN-DRIVEN.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....62-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-46 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7-14 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-73 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    DIMINISHING TO DOWNSLOPING WINDS 1-3 MPH AFTER
                    2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 700 FEET AGL
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-53 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH BEFORE MID-DAY.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...TOMAS GONZALEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130328.BARNE.01/HNX