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SPOT FORECAST FOR RANCHO FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
826 AM PDT SUN JUL 21 2013

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR RANCHO FIRE...KERN CO FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
822 AM PDT SUN JUL 21 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0744 PDT ON JULY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING MONSOONAL
MOISTURE OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH MONDAY EVENING WITH A GOOD DEAL
OF CLOUDINESS...HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND A CHANCE OF RAIN PRODUCING
THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A THREAT OF GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND
TERRAIN DRIVEN THROUGH THE PERIOD.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
                    OF A THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75 AT REQUEST...MAX 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST UP TO 4 MPH SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 8 MPH
                    BY 1400 PDT.
                    NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 5-9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF A
                    THUNDERSTORM.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 64.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 81 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST UP TO 8 MPH BECOMING NORTH 2-4 MPH BY
                    2300 PDT.
                    NOTE...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF A
                    THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 80-84.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30-34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST TO EAST 2-3 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    5 MPH BY 1300 PDT.
                    NOTE...WINDS GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 3 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 6 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE

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REQUESTED BY...NEIL BULLOCK SITL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE