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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA

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FNUS76 KHNX 251326
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Spot Forecast for Jose Basin Site Prep - Jose Basin Fuel Breaks...USDA Forest Service
National Weather Service Hanford CA
626 AM PDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PDT on April 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
The threat of any precipitation today is near zero, only some
very light showers over the crests this afternoon for the
worst case. As another upper level system moves into the region
late tonight after 0300 a slim threat of showers exists. Friday,
especially in the morning 0600-1300 the threat of showers increases
for the region. The threat of thunderstorms comes in midday lasting
into the very early evening hours on Friday. Then a dry pattern
develops Saturday and lasts through most of next week.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
Max temperature.....52-55.
Min humidity........58-61 percent.
Eye level winds.....East wind less than 3 mph until 0800 then
                    slowly shifting from South to Northwest
                    by 1300 increasing to 4-8 mph.
Surrounding ridge...East wind less than 3 mph becoming West after
                    0900 and increasing to 5-9 mph for the afternoon.
Mixing height.......rising to 3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 7-12 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers after 0300.
Min temperature.....42-45.
Max humidity........83-86 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest wind 3-6 mph diminishing and shifting
                    into the East after 2100.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest wind 5-8 mph diminishing and shifting
                    into the East after 2100.
Mixing height.......falling to morning minimum near 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3-6 mph.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers around dawn then increasing chances of
                    showers through 1100. Scattered showers
                    for the remainder of afternoon with a slim
                    probability of thunderstorms 1300-2000.
Max temperature.....50-53.
Min humidity........65-68 percent.
Eye level winds.....East wind less than 3 mph shifting into the
                    Southwest by 0800 and increasing to 3-5 mph
                    through the remainder of the day.
Surrounding ridge...East wind less than 3 mph shifting into the
                    West by 0800 and increasing to 4-8 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to a peak of 2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6-11 mph.

$$
Forecaster...PROTON
Requested by...Clint Wade
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411711.3/HNX
.DELDT 04/25/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL clint.wade@usda.gov