FNUS76 KHNX 290112 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP...SEKI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 612 PM PDT SAT AUG 28 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1512 PDT ON AUGUST 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A DRAMATIC COOLING TREND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A ROBUST UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE DISTRICT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ALSO INCREASE. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING OVER THE RIDGES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE FIRE AREA. THERE WILL BE A RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA NORTH OF KINGS CANYON TONIGHT. CONVECTIVE THUNDER SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP NEAR AND EAST OF THE FIRE DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A STRONG WARMING TREND WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES WILL COMMENCE MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN USA. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 28 AT 8500 FEET. 35 AT 5000 FEET. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 75 PERCENT AT 8500 FEET. 85 PERCENT AT 5000 FEET. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 3-5 MPH...THEN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-3 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-16 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. DECREASING TO 4-9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 MPH BY 2200 PDT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 65-70 AT 5000 FEET. 55-60 AT 8500 FEET. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30-35 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH...THEN UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 MPH. FORECASTER...VASQUEZ $$REQUESTED BY...IC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100828.SHEEP.01/HNX