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SPOT FORECAST FOR CARSTENS...CDF-MMU
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1016 PM PDT SUN JUN 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2150 PDT ON JUNE 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY ONSHORE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP SKIES
MOSTLY CLEAR OVER THE FIRE. WHILE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW
DURING THE PERIOD...BETTER RECOVERIES WILL BE SEEN TOWARD MID WEEK
AS DAYTIME TEMPERATURES LOWER TO BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

.TODAY (MONDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 1-4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST
                    4-8 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT (MONDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH BY 2300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH BY 2300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...JOSE QUINTANA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130616.CARST.01/HNX