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SPOT FORECAST FOR RANCHO FIRE...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
332 PM PDT SUN JUL 21 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1458 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 TUESDAY. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY
CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. HUMIDITY
WILL TREND HIGHER WITH DIURNAL TEMPERATURE TRENDS SLIGHTLY DOWNWARD.
WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...HOWEVER IF ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS
NEAR THE FIRE, WINDS WILL BE ERRATIC AND GUSTY.

*USED LEBEC OAKS WEATHER STATION FOR SURFACE CONDITIONS AND GRAPEVINE PEAK
FOR RIDGE WINDS*

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 70-72.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS UPSLOPE (NORTH) 3-7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    15 MPH. WIND BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH AFTER 2000
                    PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 80-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    12 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 7-12 MPH.


FORECASTER...DUDLEY
$$REQUESTED BY...NEIL BULLOCK SITL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130721.RANCH.02/HNX