FNUS76 KHNX 210006
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SHIRLEY...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
506 PM PDT TUE AUG 20 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1603 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN OFF THE CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA COAST TONIGHT...BUT WILL BEGIN TRACKING NORTHWARD
WEDNESDAY BRINGING DRIER AIR INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. MOST OF THE
MOISTURE AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT HAS BEEN PUSHED NORTH OF THE
SHIRLEY FIRE AREA...BUT SOME CUMULUS CAN BE EXPECTED.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 55-61.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 65-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH DECREASING AND
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT..THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTER 2300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 3-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH...DECREASING TO
                    2-5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 22-28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 1-4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 MPH.


FORECASTER...BEAN

$$

REQUESTED BY...DENNIS BURNS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130820.SHIRL.02/HNX