FNUS76 KHNX 201050
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ASPEN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
350 AM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2103 PDT ON AUGUST 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL CONTINUE TO PULL IN SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE. THIS MOISTURE WILL
PROVIDE FOR A POSSIBLE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE BURN SITE
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND SLIGHTLY LOWER
THROUGH MIDWEEK WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY ALSO TRENDING LOWER. TERRAIN
INFLUENCED WINDS WILL PREVAIL BUT STRONG GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....CANYON BOTTOM...91-95    8000 FEET...70-73
MIN HUMIDITY........CANYON BOTTOM...17-21%   8000 FEET...26-30%
29-FOOT WINDS...
      SLOPE/VALLEY: VARIABLE 1-3 MPH OR LESS BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON
                    3-6 MPH BY 1000 PDT. GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER 1400
                    PDT. WINDS GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF
                    AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
      RIDGETOPS:    NORTHEAST 2-4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH
                    BY 1100 PDT. WINDS GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE
                    VICINITY OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
INVERSION/STABILITY...CANYON INVERSION LASTING UNTIL ABOUT 1000 PDT
                      WITH MIXING INCREASING TO AROUND 9500 FEET AGL
                      BY 1700 PDT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY DURING THE EARLY
                    EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....CANYON BOTTOM...65-68    8200 FEET...42-46
MAX HUMIDITY........CANYON BOTTOM...50-54%   8200 FEET...72-76%
29-FOOT WINDS...
      SLOPE/VALLEY: UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-6 MPH UNTIL 2000 PDT BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-3 MPH OR LESS BY 2130 PDT.
                    GUSTS TO 14 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING. WINDS GUSTY
                    AND ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF ANY EARLY EVENING
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
      RIDGETOPS:    SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
INVERSION/STABILITY...CANYON INVERSIONS BECOMING ESTABLISHED BY
                      2200 PDT AND LOWERING TO 1200 FEET AGL.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....CANYON BOTTOM...89-92    8000 FEET...67-71
MIN HUMIDITY........CANYON BOTTOM...15-19%   8000 FEET...23-27%
29-FOOT WINDS...
      SLOPE/VALLEY: VARIABLE 1-3 MPH OR LESS BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON
                    2-5 MPH BY 1100 PDT. WINDS GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN
                    THE VICINITY OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
      RIDGETOPS:    SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH BY 1100 PDT. WINDS
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC IN THE VICINITY OF AFTERNOON
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
INVERSION/STABILITY...CANYON INVERSION LASTING UNTIL ABOUT 1100 PDT
                      WITH MIXING INCREASING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL
                      BY 1700 PDT.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...BRANDON ADAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130819.ASPEN.02/HNX