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Spot Forecast for Dome Fire...NPS
National Weather Service Hanford CA
650 AM PDT Fri Sep 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on September 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Shifting daily wind pattern continues. South wind this morning
will quickly shift to the southwest by 9AM, then west by noon.
Another quick directional change to northeasterly winds occurs
between 4 to 7 PM, then remains Friday night into Saturday morning.
Southwesterly winds prevail by early Saturday afternoon.
Temperatures increase about 5 degrees on Saturday, with a
corresponding relative humidity decrease of about 5 percent.
Uncertainty regarding relative humidity tonight into Saturday
as a weak ridge of high pressures crosses over California.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Areas of smoke through the
                    day.
Max temperature.....58-61.
Min humidity........29-35 percent.
Eye level winds.....Calm, shifting to the west 2-7 mph in the
afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...South winds 5-10 mph shifting to the west
10-20 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South winds 5-10 mph shifting to the west
in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 2-5 mph shifting to the west
5-10 mph in the afternoon.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....50-53.
Max humidity........48-63 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds 2-7 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northeast winds 10-15 mph.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 5-10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5-10 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....65-67.
Min humidity........22-36 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds 2-7 mph shifting to the southwest
                    in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...Northeast winds 10-15 mph shifting to the west
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Becoming southwest around 5-10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5-10 mph shifting to the southwest
                    in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...DAER/OCHS
Requested by...Aidan Finck
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 09/18/26
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