FNUS76 KHNX 051854
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PIUTE COMPLEX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1154 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1048 PDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED CUMULUS BUILDUPS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH
THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED.
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
THIS WILL BRING MAINLY LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS TO THE BURN
AREA WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES.

HUMIDITIES WILL LOWER OVER THE NEXT 3 DAYS...POSSIBLY REACHING AS
LOW AS 6-8 PERCENT BY TUESDAY. POOR NIGHTTIME RECOVERY ABOVE VALLEY
INVERSIONS.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. ISOLATED CUMULUS OVER HIGHER PEAKS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPVALLEY 1-4 MPH BECOMING WESTERLY 4-11 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........34-38 PERCENT...LOWER ABOVE THE VALLEY
                    INVERSIONS.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WESTERLY 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 3-7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1-4 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING SHIFTING TO WEST 3-11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 1-3 MPH BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING VARIABLE AROUND 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...ANDY CROCKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120805.PIUTE.01/HNX