FNUS76 KHNX 031645 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGH ELEVATION PILE JACKPOT...SEQUOIA NF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 945 AM PDT WED APR 3 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON APRIL 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER...LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS AND LOWER HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST THURSDAY...BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS...MAINLY OVER THE RIDGES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AT IGNITION 53-55...MAX 62-64. MIN HUMIDITY........AT IGNITION 39-41...MIN 28-31 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPING WINDS 1-3 MPH THIS MORNING... BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 5-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 6-12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 900 FEET AGL THIS MORNING...RISING TO 3500 FEET AGL THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-43. MAX HUMIDITY........77-80 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 4-9 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPING 1-3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 MPH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-61. MIN HUMIDITY........40-42 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING...BECOMING WEST 7-14 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 9-18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 18 MPH. FORECASTER...MOLINA $$ REQUESTED BY...ERNIE VILLA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130403.HIGHE.01/HNX