FNUS76 KHNX 170000 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR HUME LAKE PILE BP - 15S02 ESHOM AREA...USFS-SQF-HLRD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 400 PM PST MON NOV 16 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON NOVEMBER 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INLAND TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE BURN AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY. COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THURSDAY WILL SEE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION BEFORE A MUCH STRONGER SYSTEM MOVES INLAND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...BRINGING RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-58 AT IGNITION...MAX 60-63. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 22-26 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...RISING TO NEAR 40 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 40-43. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 80-90 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 4-8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 1000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 47-50. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 47-52 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 1-3 MPH BECOMING WEST 1-4 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH...SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH BY AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. FORECASTER...BEAN $$ REQUESTED BY...MIKE PASILLAS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091117.HUMEL.01/HNX