FNUS76 KHNX 110045
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PEAK FIRE...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
545 PM PDT WED AUG 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1709 PDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE BURN AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. AN UPPER-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE WILL BUILD IN OVER THE AREA LATER THIS WEEK RESULTING IN
TEMPERATURES WARMING TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH NOT MUCH CHANGE
IN DIURNAL HUMIDITIES. DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 85-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    10-15 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 3-5 MPH INCREASING TO 7-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 57-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 55-62 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 5-10 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 3-5 MPH AFTER 0200
                    PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...JASON SCHILLINGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110810.PEAKF.02/HNX