FNUS76 KHNX 221553
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR VISALIA FLOOD...VISALIA FIRE DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
753 AM PST WED DEC 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0720 PST ON DECEMBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH JUST OFF THE COAST WILL MOVE
INLAND BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THERE ALSO
IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF
HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. THE RAIN
WILL DIMINISH TO JUST A FEW SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND SHOULD END BY
MIDNIGHT. THURSDAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS EVE WILL BE DRY AS A WEAK RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL
ARRIVE THIS WEEKEND WITH RAIN BECOMING LIKELY BY LATE CHRISTMAS DAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY...A CHANCE OF
                    AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP
                    MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...
                    AND SMALL HAIL. RAINFALL AROUND A QUARTER OF AN
                    INCH...BUT POTENTIALLY OVER A HALF OF AN INCH
                    IF A THUNDERSTORM WERE TO MOVE OVER THE AREA.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55.
MIN HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 2-5 MPH...EXCEPT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
                    25 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS POSSIBLE
                    INTO THE EVENING. LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF
                    ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...JAY MANNING
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101222.VISAL.01/HNX