FNUS76 KHNX 242236 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR POST...KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 336 PM PDT TUE AUG 24 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1453 PDT ON AUGUST 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER TODAY AND WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHEN OVER THE WILDFIRE LOCATION. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE LOWERING TO NEAR NORMAL BY FRIDAY AND MUCH BELOW NORMAL NEXT WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEEPENS. MOISTURE FROM SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE TROUGH COULD BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON OR EVENING THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE WILDFIRE LOCATION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 68. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST NORTHEAST THIS EVENING 7-9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-7 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST SOUTHEAST 15-20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 100. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 9 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH IN THE MORNING... INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7-9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 69. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 3-6 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH. FORECASTER...BROTHERTON $$REQUESTED BY...SCOTT PAINE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100824.POST_.02/HNX