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Spot Forecast for CA YNP Lightning...USWQFS
National Weather Service Hanford CA
520 AM PDT Mon Aug 17 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on August 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mostly clear and dry conditions expected over the burn site during
the next few days. Temperatures rising with lowering relative
humidities as overnight recoveries remain at good to moderate levels.
Winds across the area are primarily expected to remain light and
diurnally driven.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent).
Max temperature.....76-78.
Min humidity........29-31 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light and variable winds 2-4 mph in the
                    morning, shifting to the southwest 3-7 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...West to Northwest 6-10 mph with gusts to
                    13 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........West to Northwest 3-6 mph, increasing to
                    4-8 mph in the afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Min temperature.....59-61.
Max humidity........49-51 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light and variable 3-6 mph in the evening,
                    becoming downslope 2-4 mph after midnight.
Surrounding ridge...West to Northwest 4-8 mph with gusts to
                    11 mph.
Mixing height.......Lowering to around 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........West to Northwest 4-8 mph, decreasing to
                    3-6 mph after Midnight.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Max temperature.....78-80.
Min humidity........26-28 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest 4-8 mph.
Surrounding ridge...South to Southwest 7-12 mph with gusts
                    to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to around 6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5-9 mph. Gusts to 13 mph.


Forecaster...MOLINA

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Requested by...Rob Winkler
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.EMAIL robert_winkler@nps.gov