FNUS76 KHNX 150105
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
605 PM PDT SAT AUG 14 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1705 PDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE FIRE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. A SLOW WARMING TREND WILL
COMMENCE BY MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES RISING TO ABOVE NORMAL. SOME
COOLING IS ANTICIPATED BY LATER IN THE WEEK. WINDS WILL REMAIN
DIURNALLY TERRAIN DRIVEN.

.TODAY (SUNDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH
                    BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT (SUNDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-3 MPH AFTER
                    2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH
                    BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS AND MOSTLY CLEAR NIGHTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN
TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THEN A SLIGHT COOLING ON THURSDAY.
HUMIDITIES TRENDING SLIGHTLY LOWER ON TUESDAY THEN A SLIGHT RISE ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. EYE-LEVEL WINDS WILL BE NORMAL DIURNAL
SLOPE AND VALLEY.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20100814.SLOPE.01/HNX