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Spot Forecast for 155 Incident...Kern County fire
National Weather Service Hanford CA
934 PM PDT Thu Jun 6 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2200 PDT on June 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
A ridge of high pressure continues for the region. Above normal
temperatures will continue. Very isolated thunderstorms will remain
on the crests of the Sierra and drift to the east. Overnight
humidity recovery will return into the 50 to 58 percent. During
the afternoon humidity will fall into the teens.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....69 to 72.
Max humidity........53 to 57 percent.
Eye level winds.....Downslope (West) winds 2 to 4 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest winds 7 to 12 mph becoming
                    3 to 5 mph after 0100.
Mixing height.......Falling to 2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 4 to 8 mph.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....96 to 99.
Min humidity........15 to 19 percent.
Eye level winds.....Upslope (East) 2 to 4 mph becoming
                    West by 0900 and increasing to 10 to 15 mph
                    by 1200 with afternoon gusts to 25 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 7500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 20 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to west
                    15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph in the
                    afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....64 to 67.
Max humidity........48 to 52 percent.
Eye level winds.....West winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25
                    mph becoming southwest 3 to 8 mph after 2200.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest 10 to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......Falling to 2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 15 to 20 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30
                    mph becoming southwest 5 to 7 mph after 2200.

$$
Forecaster...PROTON
Requested by...William Corey
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2415754.0/HNX
.DELDT 06/06/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL wcorey@kerncountyfire.org