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Spot Forecast for China Ridge RX...USFS
National Weather Service Hanford CA
612 PM PDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on May 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Warm and dry conditions are expected to prevail for the next few
days. A pattern shift is forecasted for this weekend with snow levels
currently being forecasted to be at 8,000 feet Saturday morning before
dropping to 5,500 feet by Sunday morning. The rain is being forecasted to
begin late Saturday morning into early Saturday afternoon. Ridgetop winds
are expected to peak every afternoon through the week with eye level
winds near the fire to be diurnally driven.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....65-70.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Eye level winds.....Upslope/upvalley winds up to 8 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest 9 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....47-52.
Max humidity........53-58 percent.
Eye level winds.....Upslope/upvalley winds up to 7 mph becoming
                    downslope/downvalley up to 4 mph overnight.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......Falling to 200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 7 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....68-73.
Min humidity........33-38 percent.
Eye level winds.....Downslope/downvalley winds around 3 mph
                    becoming upslope/upvalley 5 to 7 mph
in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest 12 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 4600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 9 mph.

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Forecaster...KALB
Requested by...David Reynolds
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412775.0/HNX
.DELDT 05/01/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL david.reynolds@usda.gov,bradley.walker@usda.gov,patrick.green@usda.gov