FNUS76 KHNX 230649 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR STATION...USFS-SOUTH OPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 1149 PM PDT SAT OCT 22 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2126 PDT ON OCTOBER 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN OFFSHORE WIND FLOW AND HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PROVIDE DRY CONDITIONS AND SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE FIRE AREA TODAY. THE OFFSHORE WIND WILL WEAKEN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THEN TURN ONSHORE MONDAY NIGHT. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST OVER THE DISTRICT MONDAY AND TUESDAY BRINGING A COOLING TREND TO THE AREA BY MID WEEK. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-80. MIN HUMIDITY........13-19 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH BY 1000 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 10 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH 7 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING SOUTH 6 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON FORECASTER...VASQUEZ $$REQUESTED BY...JOHN MEYERS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20111022.STATI.01/HNX