FNUS76 KHNX 071457 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR BLOOM...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 757 AM PDT THU JUL 7 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0735 PDT ON JULY 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL MAINTAIN A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT AS WELL AS ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. WEAK WINDS ALOFT WILL RESULT IN SLOW MOVING STORMS...INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ESPECIALLY OVER THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. MOISTURE WILL START TO DECREASE FRIDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AN ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN WILL DEVELOP FOR THE WEEKEND BRINGING NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRIER CONDITIONS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 82-86. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 23-28 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 61-65 MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 62-67 PERCENT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 80-84. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 PERCENT. FORECASTER...SANGER $$ REQUESTED BY...IC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110707.BLOOM.01/HNX