FNUS76 KHNX 110010
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SHEEP...SEKI/SQF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
510 PM PDT FRI SEP 10 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1617 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.

RYE-LEVEL WINDS ARE FOR THE BASE OF THE FIRE.
MIXING HEIGHTS AND TRANSPORT WINDS MEASURED FROM THE BASE OF THE FIRE.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE 76-80            TOP 62-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........BASE 33-38 PERCENT.   TOP 30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT...
                    THEN WEST 4-8 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET ABOVE BASE OF THE FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....BASE 33-38.           TOP 39-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........BASE 85-90 PERCENT.   TOP 85-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 3-6 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT...THEN 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 3500 FEET ABOVE BASE OF THE FIRE...
                    BELOW THE TOP OF THE FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 4 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE 76-80.           TOP 62-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........BASE 32-37 PERCENT.   TOP 29-34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT...
                    THEN WEST 4-8 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 4-9 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6500 FEET ABOVE THE BASE OF THE FIRE.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...ASH MOUNTAIN FIRE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100910.SHEEP.01/HNX