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Spot Forecast for High Sierra Lightning Complex...USFS
National Weather Service Hanford CA
704 PM PDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 PDT on August 28.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure building over the region into the weekend will allow
a gradual warming trend to set up, with afternoon highs approaching
the mid to upper 70s. Minimum relative humidity values are projected
to be around 40 percent with decent overnight recoveries approaching
55 percent. Winds for the coming few days will mainly be diurnal and
terrain driven; upsloping winds from the west during the days and
downsloping from the east overnight. Eye level and 20 foot winds
will generally be under 10 mph, with potential to exceed 10 mph
along the surrounding ridges.


.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....70-75.
Min humidity........35-40 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds up to 4 mph shifting to the
                    southwest in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...Northeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southwest up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6000-6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 6 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....54-57.
Max humidity........51-56 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds around 3 mph shifting to the
                    northeast overnight.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northeast overnight.
Mixing height.......0-400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northeast around 6 mph overnight.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....71-75.
Min humidity........37-42 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 4 mph shifting to the
                    southwest in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...Northeast winds 5 mph shifting to the
                    southwest up to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6800-7500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 7 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 6 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...MCCOY
Requested by...Robert Rezende
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520920.0/HNX
.DELDT 08/28/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rrezende@sandiego.gov