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SPOT FORECAST FOR MONOTTI 320140...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
728 AM PDT WED APR 3 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER...LIGHT TERRAIN WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE BURN AREA TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE STATE. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
FROM THE WEST THURSDAY AND BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN. A DRY WEST
TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL RETURN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 69-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 33-38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE
                    OF RAIN BY EARLY MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 44-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 94-100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH SOUTHEAST 3-7 MPH IN THE EVENING INCREASING
                    TO 7-12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 4 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 59-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 52-57 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...DAVID A REYNOLDS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130403.MONOT.01/HNX