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Spot Forecast for Merritt VMP...CAL FIRE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
413 PM PDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on October 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Seasonably warm temperatures and drier conditions are expected
today and the upcoming week. Precipitation chances along with a
slight lowering in temperatures return by Friday due to another
low pressure system likely to come through Central California.
RH values in the mid-20s during the day recovering to the upper
50s to lower 60s at night.


.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....80-85.
Min humidity........23-28 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 5 mph becoming
                    southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...South 3 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 6 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Min temperature.....53-58.
Max humidity........56-61 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds up to 4 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
Surrounding ridge...Southeast 4 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......Falling to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 4 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....75-80.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds around 4 mph becoming
                    southwest up to 5 mph in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...South 4 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 5 mph.

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Forecaster...KALB
Requested by...Nick Shew
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/07/25
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.EMAIL nick.shew@fire.ca.gov