FNUS76 KHNX 060030
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE...NPS-SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
530 PM PDT WED AUG 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1523 PDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL MOVE INLAND ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS WILL
BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES...INCREASING HUMIDITIES...AND A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN SITE. ADDITIONALLY...
LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH
THIS EVENING. A WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND AS
THE LOW MOVES EAST OF THE STATE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 9 TO
                    15 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WINDS
                    MAY BECOME ERRATIC NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........43-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    DECREASING TO WEST 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN
                    THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS DECREASING TO WEST 5 TO
                    10 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 900 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...DAVE ALLEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090805.HORSE.01/HNX