FNUS76 KHNX 110314
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PMC WEST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
814 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STORM THAT HAS BEEN STATIONARY IN THE EASTERN
PACIFIC OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL MOVE INLAND TODAY...BRINGING
SNOW TO THE BURN SITE. ANOTHER COLD AND WET STORM IS EXPECTED TO
BRING ADDITIONAL SNOW TO THE BURN SITE ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COLDER THAN NORMAL FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND DAYTIME HUMIDITIES WILL BE MUCH HIGHER
THAN THEY WERE EARLIER THIS WEEK.

.TODAY (WEDNESDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-38.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING INCREASING TO
                    5-10 MPH BY NOON PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-8 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING INCREASING TO
                    10-20 MPH BY NOON PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....26-28.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10-20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-40.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-16 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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