FNUS76 KHNX 110635
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHORN FIRE...BASS LAKE RD  SNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1135 PM PDT FRI SEP 10 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2307 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING SLIGHTLY
HIGHER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO THE DISTRICT
ON SATURDAY. AN ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY AND
PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK FOR SLIGHTLY LOWER TEMPERATURES.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING...
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........48-53 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT...THEN
                    BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING...
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 4-9 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

$$

REQUESTED BY...BURT STALTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100910.BUCKH.01/HNX