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SPOT FORECAST FOR ORDINANCE...SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
400 AM PDT MON AUG 5 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1504 PDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FIRE
AREA TODAY. LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE WITH ONLY MODERATE OVERNIGHT
RECOVERY. TEMPERATURES WILL CHANGE LITTLE TODAY THEN TREND SLIGHTLY
LOWER THROUGH THURSDAY. BY MID WEEK THE FLOW ALOFT WILL TURN TO THE
SOUTH AND A MOISTURE INCREASE WILL LEAD TO SOME AFTERNOON CUMULUS
DEVELOPMENT MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE FIRE ALONG THE SIERRA CREST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 88-91.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-18 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-5 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHERLY 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 58-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 38-44 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 12 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHERLY 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 4 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 86-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-5 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHERLY 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...ECC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130804.ORDIN.01/HNX