FNUS76 KHNX 160223 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR TORNADO UNIT 7 UNDERBURN...USFS-SQF-HLRD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 723 PM PDT MON JUN 15 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON JUNE 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST WILL MOVE ONTO THE SOUTH CALIFORNIA COAST TUESDAY. THE TROUGH WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA INTO TUESDAY EVENING WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIMITED TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA WEDNESDAY. COOL MOIST CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE EAST PACIFIC WILL BUILD INTO CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY AND START A WARMING TREND WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....51 AT IGNITION...MAX 55-59. MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 63-68 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING... BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-8 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING VARIABLE 4-8 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3500 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 4 MPH. .TUESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 40-46. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 95-100 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 2-5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT... THEN VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 0100 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 4-8 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 5 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 61-65. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 59-64 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING... BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-8 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 6 MPH. FORECASTER...SANGER $$ REQUESTED BY...MIKE PASILLAS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090616.TORNA.01/HNX