FNUS76 KHNX 250016
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP...SEKI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
516 PM PDT TUE AUG 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1454 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 AFTERNOON OR EVENING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE
WILDFIRE LOCATION WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO
DEVELOP LATE ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF A STRONG UPPER TROUGH.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE 88-90. TOP 78-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 7-10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTN.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR. ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EARLY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 48-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 5-10 MPH TOWARD
                    DAYBREAK.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE WINDS EARLY...BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    8-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...BROTHERTON
$$REQUESTED BY...IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100824.SHEEP.01/HNX