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SPOT FORECAST FOR RANCHO...KCFD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
240 PM PDT FRI JUL 19 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1413 PDT ON JULY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER
THE GREAT BASIN WILL BUILD WESTWARD OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM OVER THE FIRE ON
SATURDAY. HOWEVER...MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ARRIVE BY SATURDAY AND
FUEL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FIRE
SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. DAYTIME HUMIDITIES WILL TREND
SLIGHTLY HIGHER EACH DAY BEGINNING SATURDAY. WINDS WILL GENERALLY
BE TERRAIN DRIVEN.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
MAX HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH BY 2300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO NORTHWEST 3-7 MPH BY 2300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO BELOW 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...BRANDON SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130719.RANCH.01/HNX