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SPOT FORECAST FOR ASPEN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1123 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2138 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
COAST WILL BEGIN TO MOVE GRADUALLY NORTH WEDNESDAY AND WILL BE
OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON THURSDAY. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN MOVING
INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WHICH WILL BEGIN TO LIMIT THE
THUNDERSTORM THREAT WEDNESDAY AND END IT THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL TREND SLIGHTLY LOWER WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALSO TRENDING LOWER.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR
                    THUNDERSTORM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....CANYON BOTTOM...85-90    8000 FEET...68-73
MIN HUMIDITY........CANYON BOTTOM...19-24%   8000 FEET...25-30%
20-FOOT WINDS.......
      SLOPE/VALLEY: UPSLOPE 1-4 MPH BECOMING UPCANYON 4-9 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT. WINDS GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
         RIDGETOPS: SOUTHEAST 2-4 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 MPH.


.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....CANYON BOTTOM...54-58    8000 FEET...43-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........CANYON BOTTOM...70-80%   8000 FEET...NEAR 80%
20-FOOT WINDS.......
      SLOPE/VALLEY: UPCANYON 4-8 MPH UNTIL 2000 PDT...THEN DECREASING
                    AND BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 2-5 MPH AFTER
                    2200 PDT.
         RIDGETOPS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    3-6 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT......LOWERING TO 1000 FEET AGL. CANYON INVERSION
                   BECOMING ESTABLISHED AFTER 2200 PDT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 4 MPH.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....CANYON BOTTOM...84-89     8000 FEET...66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........CANYON BOTTOM...17-22%    8000 FEET...20-26%
20-FOOT WINDS.......
      SLOPE/VALLEY: UPSLOPE 1-4 MPH BECOMING UPCANYON 4-9 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
         RIDGETOPS: SOUTHEAST 2-4 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 MPH.


FORECASTER...BEAN

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REQUESTED BY...BRANDON ADAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130820.ASPEN.01/HNX