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Spot Forecast for Tar Gap...USWFS
National Weather Service Hanford CA
1118 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on September 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A warming and drying trend is expected to begin around the fire
site tomorrow and continue through the forecast period and into
the rest of this week as a ridge builds over the region. This will
lead to minRHs in the afternoon to drop from the low 30`s
tomorrow into the low 20`s by Wednesday afternoon with poor
overnight recovery. Temperatures will also rise from the low 60`s
into the upper 60`s. Winds are expected to be mainly from the
north on Tuesday before returning to a more diurnal pattern
Tuesday night through Wednesday afternoon.


.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....59-61.
Min humidity........31-35 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds up to 4 mph shifting to the
                    northwest in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...North winds 4 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    northwest in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Rising to around 3500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 9 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    northwest in the afternoon.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....42-44.
Max humidity........34-38 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds up to 6 mph.
Surrounding ridge...East winds 7 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Lowering to around 300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 7 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 10 mph.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....66-68.
Min humidity........20-24 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds up to 4 mph shifting to the west
                    around 4 mph in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...East winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the west 6 to
                    7 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Rising to around 4300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the west 6 to
                    7 mph in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...WILSON
Requested by...JEREMIAH HATCHER
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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