FNUS76 KHNX 080235 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR HORSE...SEKI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 735 PM PDT WED OCT 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1557 PDT ON OCTOBER 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES...WITH A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-51. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-9 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT... THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH BY 1400 PDT WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING TO THE WEST 4-9 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4500 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....20-25. MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH WINDS 3-6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO NORTH 9 MPH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-55. MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-8 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT... THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH BY 1400 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH WINDS 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING TO THE WEST BY THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH. FORECASTER...SANGER $$ REQUESTED BY...IC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20091007.HORSE.01/HNX