Spot Forecast Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA
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Spot Forecast for Dowell Pile Burn...UC Cooperative Extension
National Weather Service Hanford CA
850 AM PDT Fri Apr 19 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 PDT on April 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
High pressure builds in from Pacific Saturday and Sunday for a clear sky
and light wind day with lower afternoon RH and good overnight
recoveries. The temperatures bump up on Monday to 10 degrees
above normal and RH falls below 40 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....53-56.
Max humidity........80-83 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 3-5 mph becoming
Light less than 3 mph.
20 Foot winds.......Northwest 5 mph becoming light after
2000 less than 3 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest wind 5 mph.
Mixing height.......falling to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5-10 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....77-80.
Min humidity........39-43 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast wind 1-3 mph becoming
Southwest after 1000 and increasing
to 3-5 mph.
20 foot winds.......Northeast wind 3-5 mph becoming Southwest
after 1000 and increasing to 5-8 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northeast wind 5-10 mph
Mixing height.......rising to 3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7-12 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....54-57.
Max humidity........80-83 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 3-5 mph becoming
Light less than 3 mph.
20 Foot winds.......Northwest 5 mph becoming light after
2000 less than 3 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest wind 5 mph.
Mixing height.......falling to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5-10 mph.
.MONDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....80-83.
Min humidity........36-39 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming southwest 5 mph in
the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...Southwest 5-10 mph.
Mixing height.......rising to 3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10-15 mph.
$$
Forecaster...PROTON
Requested by...Alison Deak
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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