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SPOT FORECAST FOR CARSTENS FIRE...CA-SNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
954 PM PDT WED JUN 26 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1715 PDT ON JUNE 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST
WILL BUILD NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE REGION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS
WILL USHER IN MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE FIRE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON OVER THE HIGH SIERRA.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS TO THE EAST.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 91-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 4-9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 61-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 62-67 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 3-7 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AFTERNOON CUMULUS BUILDUPS TO THE EAST.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 94-97.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 16-21 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...KELLY SINGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130626.CARST.01/HNX