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Spot Forecast for Big Stump Prescribed Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Hanford CA
229 PM PDT Wed May 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on May 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A dry northwest flow aloft will slowly bring temperatures down
to three to five degrees over the next 48 hours. The wind with
a flat gradient will be dominated by upslope during the day
and downslope at night. The threat of thunder is near zero for
the next 48 hours. The outlook into the weekend remains cooler
than the past couple of days, light upslope/downslope wind and
dry conditions.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....65-68.
Min humidity........40-43 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast 2 to 4 mph at 0800 quickly
                    turning Southwest/Upslope by 0930 with
                    gusts to 10 mph after 1200.
Surrounding ridge...Southwest 7 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......rising to afternoon max of 3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
Min temperature.....45-48.
Max humidity........73-76 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest wind 3-5 mph becoming light
                    by 2000 then drainage Northeast wind
                    develops by 2200 3 to 5 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......falling to early morning minimum of 100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 8 mph.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Max temperature.....60-63.
Min humidity........43-46 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast wind 3 to 5 mph becoming
                    light by 0900 then Southwest 3-6 mph
                    by 1100 with a few gusts to 10 mph
                    after 1400.
Surrounding ridge...Southwest 5-10 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to afternoon maximum of 6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 10 mph.

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Forecaster...PROTON
Requested by...Jose Ceballos
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414670.3/HNX
.DELDT 05/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL trevor.drake@usda.gov,jose.ceballos@usda.gov