FNUS76 KHNX 020200 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR CALIENTE...KERN COUNTY FIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 700 PM PDT THU JUL 1 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1819 PDT ON JULY 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A DRY UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS CALIFORNIA THROUGH SATURDAY RESULTING IN A CONTINUED COOLING TREND WITH SLIGHT RISES IN HUMIDITIES. A SLOW WARMING TREND WILL BE OBSERVED DURING THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS THE TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 53-57. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 50-55 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WEST 8-15 MPH...DECREASING TO 4-9 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT...THEN VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 7-14 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING DECREASING TO 4-9 MPH OVERNIGHT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 80-84. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-20 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING... BECOMING NORTHWEST 4-9 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT... THEN WEST 7-12 MPH AFTER 1400 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 4-9 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING INCREASING TO 7-14 MPH BY AFTERNOON. .FRIDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 53-57. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 60-65 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WEST 7-12 MPH...DECREASING TO 4-9 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT...THEN VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 7-12 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST 10-16 MPH OVERNIGHT. FORECASTER...SANGER $$ REQUESTED BY...CAPTAIN BILL BRICKEY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100701.CALIE.01/HNX