FNUS76 KHNX 170217 CCA
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUFFS DRILL...KERN COUNTY FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
715 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.

CORRECTED IST PERIOD WIND TIMING AND ADDED 3RD PERIOD

.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 2100 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.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7-14 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING EAST 3-7 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 8-16 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTH 5-11 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT THEN EAST TO
                    SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT PDT.


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