FNUS76 KHNX 190444
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MCKENZIE RANCH UNIT 1A UNDERSTORY...USFS-SQF-HLRD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
944 PM PDT MON MAR 18 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A FAST MOVING PACIFIC DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN PUSHING
INTO THE BURN AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EXIT BY EARLY WEDNESDAY.
TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TODAY BEFORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING
ARRIVES ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE ON
WEDNESDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE STORM SYSTEM. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
THEN MOVE BACK INTO CALIFORNIA THURSDAY THROUGH THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND.


.TODAY(TUESDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 60-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 50-58 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8100 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY...THEN SHOWERS
                    LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 90-100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY...THEN CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 48-54.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 75-85 PERCENT.


FORECASTER...BARLOW/ANDERSEN
$$REQUESTED BY...MIKE PASILLAS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130319.MCKEN.01/HNX