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SPOT FORECAST FOR MILL...SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
843 PM PDT TUE JUL 23 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1842 PDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDING INTO CALIFORNIA WILL
BRING WARMING TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITIES THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS
ABOVE THE FIRE DURING THE AFTERNOONS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP
NEAR THE FIRE AREA COULD CAUSE SHIFTING AND GUSTY WINDS...OTHERWISE
WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN.


.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........54-59 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 3-7 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 3-6 MPH
                    AFTER 2200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 600 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY
                    3-7 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 3-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 4-9 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 MPH BECOMING WEST 8 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 3-7 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 4-9 MPH
                    AFTER 2200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 3 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY
                    3-7 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 3-5 MPH BECOMING WEST 4-9 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 MPH BECOMING WEST 8 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...ECC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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