FNUS76 KHNX 242140 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR COLD FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 240 PM PDT WED AUG 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1343 PDT ON AUGUST 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER ELEMENTS WILL GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS AND NORMAL AFTERNOON BREEZES DEVELOPING. WINDS ALOFT WILL REMAIN GENERALLY SOUTHWEST. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........FEW EVENING CUMULUS CLOUDS CLEARING BY 2100. CLEAR TONIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53. MAX HUMIDITY........56-64 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BRIEF SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-7 MPH THIS EVENING OTHERWISE LIGHT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 700 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-90. MIN HUMIDITY........13-16 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH BY AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH. FORECASTER...GREISS $$REQUESTED BY...BC- 33 TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110824.COLDF.01/HNX