FNUS76 KHNX 271941 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR HUME LAKE PILE BP - 13S52...SEQUOIA NF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1141 AM PST FRI NOV 27 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON NOVEMBER 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY...BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE BURN AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS AROUND 6500 FEET THIS EVENING WILL LOWER TO 4500 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH HUMIDITIES AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY AS SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE. LOCALLY STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS INTO BAJA CALIFORNIA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING CLOUDY LATE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 50. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH...BECOMING WEST 2-4 MPH AFTER 1600 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-15 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 10-20 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 29. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 90-100 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 2-4 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST TO NORTH 2-4 MPH OVERNIGHT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10-20 MPH...SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST TO NORTH 5-15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 35-38. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 45-50 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 2-5 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 8-18 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 15 MPH. FORECASTER...BEAN $$ REQUESTED BY...321 TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091127.HUMEL.01/HNX