FNUS76 KHNX 240247
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SPOT FORECAST FOR COLD FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
747 PM PDT TUE AUG 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1653 PDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO
SEND TROPICAL MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY...PRODUCING
AFTERNOON CUMULUS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM AT THE
FIRE. THEN A DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP...AND
ELIMINATE THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT THURSDAY. LITTLE CHANGE IN
SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY...WITH WARMER THAN NORMAL
CONDITIONS CONTINUING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH 1000 PDT THEN
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
                    AFTER 1300 PDT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING WESTERLY 2-6 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
                    WIND BECOMING GUSTY AND ERRATIC IF A
                    THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 4-8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH
                    AFTER 1000 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER
                    OR THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 2100 PDT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........51-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 700 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING WESTERLY 2-6 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...BC- 33
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110823.COLDF.01/HNX