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Spot Forecast for WDRD,BLACK MOUNTAIN GROVE GSER...SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST
National Weather Service Hanford CA
412 PM PDT Fri May 3 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1800 PDT on May 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Saturday afternoon west to Northwest winds will be increasing
along with cloud cover and moisture. By early evening the low
levels will be quite saturated if not experiencing rain/snowfall
over the burn area. Moisture in the mid levels will increase
through the evening with most of the burn area experiencing
snowfall by sunset. Heaviest precipitation will occur around the
1600 to 2200 as a strong late season cold storm moves through.
Showers will linger into the early morning hours Sunday before
slow drying out and the winds die down throughout the day.

50 % probability of 0.44" of liquid equivalent over the burn
area Saturday Night into Sunday morning. 10 % probability of
1.20" of liquid equivalent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain in the evening,
 then chance of snow and rain overnight.
Min temperature.....Around 27.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Eye level winds.....West winds 6 to 8 mph.
10% chance of wind gusts greater than 20 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 13 mph.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 43.
Min humidity........67 percent.
Eye level winds.....West winds 6 to 8 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest winds 12 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 15 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 29.
Max humidity........96 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 6 mph shifting to the
                    north up to 4 mph overnight.
Surrounding ridge...North winds up to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 7 mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 55.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds around 4 mph shifting to the
                    west 6 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest winds around 6 mph.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West winds around 6 mph.

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Forecaster...MEADOWS
Requested by...TREVOR DRAKE
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413113.0/HNX
.DELDT 05/03/24
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.EMAIL trevor.drake@usda.gov