FNUS76 KHNX 310256 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR MTN HOME VMP...CAL FIRE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 756 PM PDT TUE OCT 30 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN WEDNESDAY WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING CLOUDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE BURN SITE THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH RAPIDLY WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDING FOR DRYING AND WARMING FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 66-70. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-25 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 2-5 MPH IN MORNING SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE 3-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 8-12 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING INCREASING TO 10-17 MPH BY AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7500 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN TOWARD DAYBREAK. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 36-40. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 65-70 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE LATE EVENING... THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 9-19 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 MPH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 59-63. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 35-45 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 4-9 MPH BECOMING WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 12-20 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7-14 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 MPH. FORECASTER...SANGER $$ REQUESTED BY...DAVE SHY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121031.MTNHO.01/HNX