FNUS76 KHNX 071646 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR NASL AIRCRAFT MISHAP...NASL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 946 AM PDT THU APR 7 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0926 PDT ON APRIL 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE HAZMAT SITE THROUGH TOMORROW. PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. LIGHT RAIN THROUGH ABOUT NOON... THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....TEMPERATURES RISING SLOWLY INTO THE MID 50S THIS AFTERNOON. MIN HUMIDITY........AFTERNOON MIN 49 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS THIS MORNING BETWEEN 5-10 MPH. WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 20-25 MPH POSSIBLE. SURROUNDING RIDGE...N/A. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15-20 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 34. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 92 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 10-16 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...N/A. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15-20 MPH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 58. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 42 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTH UP TO 10 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...N/A. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5-8 MPH. FORECASTER...BROTHERTON $$REQUESTED BY...RAINER STREIB TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20110407.NASLA.01/HNX