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SPOT FORECAST FOR VISITORS CENTER...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1144 PM PDT WED APR 3 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON APRIL 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ABOUT
MID-DAY THURSDAY. IT WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE BURN AREA ALONG
WITH LOWER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED HUMIDITIES. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS IN THE BURN AREA GENERALLY LESS THAN 0.20 INCHES. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL RETURN FRIDAY WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 69-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 36-42 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO
                    NORTH 5-9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO
                    WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 51-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 85-95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 3-7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO AROUND 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 10 MPH DECREASING AND BECOMING
                    VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 73-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 31-38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHWEST 2-6 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO NEAR 5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...PETER KELLY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130404.VISIT.01/HNX