FNUS76 KHNX 250153 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR BOULDER...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 653 PM PDT WED JUN 24 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1809 PDT ON JUNE 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SIERRA HIGH COUNTRY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS IT MOVES INLAND. THUNDERSTORMS WILL STAY MOSTLY NORTH OF LAKE ISABELLA...BUT A STRAY STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN STRENGTHEN OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND FOR WARMER TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY LOWER HUMIDITIES. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-64. MAX HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 8-12 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2-5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1500 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 3 MPH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-95. MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 5-10 MPH AFTER 0800 PDT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 7-15 MPH AFTER 1400 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 8500 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 9 MPH. FORECASTER...SANGER $$ REQUESTED BY...SHANNON SOLIS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090624.BOULD.01/HNX