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SPOT FORECAST FOR HASLETT UNDERBURN...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1040 PM PDT MON APR 22 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL KEEP A DRY
NORTHWEST FLOW IN PLACE OVER THE BURN SITE TODAY. A WEATHER
DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY WILL
BRING INCREASED CLOUDS...SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND STRONGER
RIDGE WINDS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INLAND INTO CALIFORNIA
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY RESULTING IN A WARMING TREND.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AT IGNITION 60-62...MAX 73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........AT IGNITION 43-45 PERCENT...MIN 31-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 3-6 MPH...INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5-9 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 7-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 1000 FEET AGL AT IGNITION...RISING TO
                    3000 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........56-58 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE EAST 1-3 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPING WINDS 1-3 MPH UNTIL 0900 PDT.
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH AFTERWARD.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 16 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...RICHARD MORRIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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