FNUS76 KHNX 310645
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR TOLLGATE RANGE IMPROVEMENT...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1145 PM PDT FRI OCT 30 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EASTWARD FROM
THE PACIFIC AND BRING DRY WEATHER WITH A WARMING TREND THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. THE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS SITUATED OVER SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 4 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 58 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE OVERNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL OR LESS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 3 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 4 MPH.


FORECASTER...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...DISPATCHER E  HOFFMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091031.TOLLG.01/HNX