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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA

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Spot Forecast for Spear Creek & Marshall Meadow...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Hanford CA
1013 PM PDT Thu Apr 11 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 2300 PDT on April 11.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Warmer temperatures on Friday reaching 10 to 15 degrees above
normal. A trough slides in Saturday bringing rain to the San Joaquin
Valley and snow to the Sierra Nevada above 5,000 feet. Precipitation
chances taper off Sunday afternoon. Ridge winds will increase with the
trough.


.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....60-65.
Min humidity........35-40 percent.
Eye level winds.....Upslope 7 to 10 mph.
Surrounding ridge...South 13 to 17 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 11 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....37-42.
Max humidity........72-77 percent.
Eye level winds.....Upslope winds up to 8 mph becoming
                    downslope up to 6 mph overnight.
Surrounding ridge...South 22 to 28 mph.
Mixing height.......Falling to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 9 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent) becoming
                    mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Rain
in the late morning and afternoon. Chance
of snow above 5,000 feet in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....47-52.
Min humidity........50-55 percent.
Eye level winds.....Downslope winds 6 to 8 mph becoming
                    upslope 11 to 13 mph in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...South 24 to 34 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 18 mph.

$$
Forecaster...KALB
Requested by...Jose Ceballos
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410166.1/HNX
.DELDT 04/11/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jose.ceballos@usda.gov