FNUS76 KHNX 050115
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE...NPS-SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
615 PM PDT TUE AUG 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1515 PDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE
DISTRICT TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINS OFF THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST. AS THE LOW MOVES INLAND ON THURSDAY...IT WILL
BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES...INCREASING HUMIDITIES...AND
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONALLY...WINDS WILL
BECOME LOCALLY BREEZY OVER THE BURN SITE ON THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AT 0700 PDT...46-48...MAX 68-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........AT 0700 PDT...36-39...MIN 15-18 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPING WINDS AT 0700 PDT...BECOMING
                    SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 1 TO 4 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AT 0700 PDT...NEAR 600 FEET AGL...RISING TO A
                    MAX OF 4000 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........36-39 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 700 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 9 TO
                    15 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH. WINDS GUSTY AND VARIABLE
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...DAVE ALLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090804.HORSE.01/HNX