FNUS76 KHNX 190020
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BUCKHORN FIRE...SIERRA NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
520 PM PDT SAT SEP 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1637 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL PUSH INTO THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST AND BRING A COOLING TREND TO THE FIRE VICINITY SUNDAY
AND MONDAY THEN LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES INTO MIDWEEK. NO
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED OVER THE FIRE THROUGH THE PERIOD. WINDS
WILL GENERALLY REMAIN TERRAIN INFLUENCED EXCEPT INCREASING OVER
THE CREST BY SUNDAY EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES.

.TODAY (SUNDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT (SUNDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...BURT STALTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20100918.BUCKH.01/HNX