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Spot Forecast for Cotton Fire...Kern County Fire
National Weather Service Hanford CA
926 PM PDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on July 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A southwest flow aloft will bring dry and seasonably warm conditions
until Saturday with steady temperatures each day. Minimum humidity
lowers to near 20-25 percent with moderate overnight recoveries.
Mainly diurnal winds will take place, although afternoon and
evening breezes will occur with occasional gusts 20-25 mph over
the nearby ridgetops.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....90-94.
Min humidity........19-24 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest 6-12 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Southwest 8-14 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Rising to 5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 12 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 7-13 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....62-66.
Max humidity........40-45 percent.
Eye level winds.....West 5-10 mph.
Surrounding ridge...West 7-14 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......Lowering to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 16 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........West 6-12 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....90-95.
Min humidity........20-25 percent.
Eye level winds.....West 3-7 mph.
Surrounding ridge...West 6-13 mph. Gusts to 20 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......Rising to 6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........West 5-10 mph. Gusts up to 15 mph in
                    the afternoon.

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Forecaster...OCHS
Requested by...William Corey
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617537.0/HNX
.DELDT 07/16/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL wcorey@kerncountyfire.org