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SPOT FORECAST FOR RANCHO FIRE...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
546 PM PDT MON JUL 22 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1629 PDT ON JULY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND MONSOON MOISTURE
WILL BRING CLOUDINESS...HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE BURN AREA TUESDAY
AFTERNOON. A DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME
ESTABLISHED DURING MIDWEEK WHICH WILL SHIFT THE THREAT OF
THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF THE BURN SITE. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AND
ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS BUT OTHERWISE BE LIGHT
AND TERRAIN DRIVEN.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    DECREASING TO 2-5 MPH AFTER 2300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
LAL.................2.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
LAL.................2.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
LAL.................1.

...WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY OUTLOOK...

TEMPERATURES INCREASING WITH LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
WILL BE 10 PERCENT OR LESS.

FORECASTER...BROTHERTON
$$REQUESTED BY...NEIL BULLOCK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130722.RANCH.01/HNX