FNUS76 KHNX 170201
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUFFS DRILL...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
701 PM PDT TUE APR 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1850 PDT ON APRIL 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SITE WITH BREEZY
CONDITIONS AND SHOWERS NEARBY THROUGH THIS EVENING. DIMINISHING
WINDS AND COOL TEMPERATURE EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY. A RIDGE WILL
BUILD OVER THE REGION FOR THE END OF THE WEEK BRINGING A WARM
AND DRY TREND.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE
                    NEARBY HIGHER TERRAIN.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7-14 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 20 MPH
                    IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST 3-8 MPH
                    AFTER 2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 10-20 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING
                    TO 6-12 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT PDT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY BECOMING SUNNY BY AFTERNOON.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING...SHIFTING
                    THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST THEN SOUTHWEST DURING THE
                    MORNING THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 4-9 MPH AFTER NOON PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO 5-11 MPH AFTER NOON PDT.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...BLAKE OXFORD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130416.BLUFF.01/HNX