FNUS76 KHNX 140250
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR GROUSE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
750 PM PDT THU SEP 13 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1857 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT
AND A WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH SATURDAY. A WEAK UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY WILL BRING A GRADUAL COOLING
TREND EARLY NEXT WEEK. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN
INFLUENCED THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY (FRIDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 12-18 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 3-9 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-7 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 3-10 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6500 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 11 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 55-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 42-48 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-9 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-9 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 84-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 2-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-7 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...RISING TO 6500 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6500 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.


FORECASTER...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...VICTOR ESPINOSA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120913.GROUS.01/HNX