FNUS76 KHNX 122053
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SPOT FORECAST FOR LANES...CAL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
153 PM PDT SUN AUG 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1239 PDT ON AUGUST 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS WILL
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE DOMINATES THE PATTERN. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A
THUNDERSTORM THIS EVENING...WITH ANY DEVELOPING STORMS EXPECTED TO DRIFT
SLOWLY NORTHWARD. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS ABOVE THE FIRE AFTER THIS EVENING. THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO
WEAKEN AFTER MONDAY BRINGING JUST A SLIGHT DOWNWARD TREND IN TEMPERATURES.
LITTLE DAY TO DAY CHANGE IN HUMIDITIES IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EARLY EVENING WITH A 15 PERCENT
                    CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....73-77.
MAX HUMIDITY........33-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE  3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 4-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING BELOW 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH BECOMING EAST 3 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....96-100.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 5-11 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 3-8 MPH AFTER 1400 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 2 MPH BECOMING WEST 7 MPH AFTER 100 PDT.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....71-75.
MAX HUMIDITY........34-38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE  3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 3-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING BELOW 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH BECOMING EAST 3 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...B4311 - CHIEF M  WATKINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120812.LANES.01/HNX