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Spot Forecast for CA-YNP Lightning...USWFS
National Weather Service Hanford CA
305 AM PDT Fri Aug 14 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on August 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Throughout the remainder of this week and into next week,
thunderstorm chances drop to around 10% or less. Therefore, will
expect mostly clear conditions going into the weekend. Temperatures
will see slight cooling Today with a slow warming trend going
through the weekend. During this time, humidity will see slight
improvements as moderate to good overnight recoveries will be seen.
The passage of a disturbance allowed for an increase in winds that
will continue this Friday. Winds are expected to become more
diurnally and terrain driven over the weekend and into early next
week.


.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly Sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....67-69.
Min humidity........48-50 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest 4-8 mph.
Surrounding ridge...South to Southwest 7-12 mph with gusts
                    to 17 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to around 4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5-9 mph. Gusts to 13 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....54-56.
Max humidity........69-71 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 6-11 mph with gusts to
                    14 mph.
Mixing height.......Lowering to around 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........West to Northwest 4-8 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....69-71.
Min humidity........45-47 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 5-9 mph with gusts to
                    11 mph.
Mixing height.......5200 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.


Forecaster...MOLINA

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Requested by...Rob Winkler
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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