FNUS76 KHNX 051547
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SPOT FORECAST FOR PMC WEST...USFS-SOUTH OPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
847 AM PDT MON APR 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON APRIL 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A PACIFIC STORM WAS CROSS TO THE NORTH OF THE BURN SITE TODAY...BRINGING
A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. THIS WILL KEEP PERIODS
OF SNOW OVER THE BURN SITE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON WHEN THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME SHOWERY. THE FRONT WILL ALSO BRING A PERIOD OF
INCREASED WINDS OVER THE BURN SITE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA BEGINNING TUESDAY BRINGING DRY
WEATHER...WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITIES TO THE BURN SITE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    SNOW LEVEL 4500 FEET.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-38.
MIN HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST 4-10 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH BY 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 10-20 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY 1300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
                    SNOW LEVEL 4500 FEET.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....26-28.
MAX HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH
                    IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING NORTH 3-8 MPH
                    BY 2300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN
                    THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING NORTH 10-20 MPH
                    BY 2300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 15 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTH 3-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...DEREK STEIDLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100405.PMCWE.01/HNX