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Spot Forecast for Hardin Fire...NPS
National Weather Service Hanford CA
1135 PM PDT Wed Aug 27 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0900 PDT on August 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Near average temperatures are expected over the area through Friday
before a warming trend takes hold into the weekend and into Labor
Day. Monsoonal moisture will begin to wane over the next few days,
however there is still a 10 to 15 percent chance for showers and
thunderstorms to develop Thursday afternoon in the Sierra.
Lightning, localized intense rainfall rates, small hail, and gusty
and erratic winds remain threats in and around developed
thunderstorms. Potential for thunderstorms decreases into the
weekend, with at most a 5 percent chance on Friday. Winds will be
in a typical diurnal cycle for the forecast period, upsloping from
the west during the daytime, and downsloping from the east
overnight. Minimum relative humidity is expected to drop for
Thursday around 20 percent before rebounding around 30 percent
into the weekend; overnight recoveries will be around 60 percent.


.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). 10 to 15 percent chance
for scattered showers and thunderstorms in the
late morning to afternoon.
Max temperature.....74-80.
Min humidity........19-22 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming west around 5 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...Light winds becoming west around 8 mph in the
afternoon, gusts around 12 mph.
Mixing height.......12000-12500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 6 to 7 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Min temperature.....56-61.
Max humidity........46-49 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast/downslope winds up to 5 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northeast/downslope winds up to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......2000-2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast/downslope winds 5 to 6 mph.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....73-79.
Min humidity........28-32 percent.
Eye level winds.....East winds around 3 mph shifting to the west up
                    to 5 mph in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...East winds around 5 mph shifting to the west up
to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......11000-11500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 5 mph shifting to the northwest
up to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph shifting to the west 6
                    to 8 mph in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...MCCOY
Requested by...Eli Grossman
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 08/28/25
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.EMAIL elig6173@gmail.com,eli_grossman@nps.gov