FNUS76 KHNX 290731
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1231 AM PDT SUN AUG 29 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1635 PDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
SHOWERS INTO SUNDAY EVENING AND SNOW OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE FIRE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO
UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. A STRONG WARMING TREND WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES
WILL COMMENCE MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS OVER THE
SOUTHWESTERN USA.


.TODAY (SUNDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 2-5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-8 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 7-11 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT (SUNDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    ISOLATED SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-42.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 4-7 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 1-4 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 4-7 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH BY
                    1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20100828.SLOPE.01/HNX