FNUS76 KHNX 260426
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR VERNON...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
926 PM PDT SAT SEP 25 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1655 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING
DRY WEATHER...LIGHT WINDS AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE FIRE
THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY WITH POOR SMOKE DISPERSION. HUMIDITIES
WILL REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH POOR RECOVERIES EACH NIGHT.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-2 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH
                    BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........34-38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 4 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-16 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-2 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH
                    BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 4-7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH
                    BY NOON PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

.EXTENDED FORECAST...
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES TUESDAY.
TEMPERATURES COOLING 1-3 DEGREES WEDNESDAY WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2-4
DEGREES OF COOLING THURSDAY. HUMIDITIES CHANGING LITTLE TUESDAY
THEN TRENDING SLIGHTLY HIGHER WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

EYE LEVEL WINDS...UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH EACH AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY
DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.

RIDGE WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY BECOMING
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AT SIMILAR SPEEDS THURSDAY.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100925.VERNO.01/HNX