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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA

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FNUS76 KHNX 231318
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Spot Forecast for Jose Basin Site Prep - Jose Basin Fuel Breaks...USDA Forest Service
National Weather Service Hanford CA
618 AM PDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1500 PDT on April 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A cooler day today than yesterday. Any slim possibility of
precipitation will be at higher elevations in the
Sierra Nevada away from the Rx location. Northerly component
of the wind is expected to mitigate any afternoon upslope
wind from forming. After 1900 the relax of the afternoon
wind is expected to turn into a local drainage wind of
east to southeast. Wednesday after 1400 there is a small
probability of showers and very isolated thunderstorms
for the burn site.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Max temperature.....65-68.
Min humidity........45-50 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest to west winds 3-5 mph.
20 Foot winds.......West winds 4-8 mph.
Surrounding ridge...
Mixing height.......afternoon peak of 2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West to Northwest 8-13 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Min temperature.....44-47.
Max humidity........77-80 percent.
Eye level winds.....North winds 3 mph in the evening
                    becoming East to Southeast after
                    2100.
20 foot winds.......Northwest wind 3-5 mph becoming
                    East to Southeast 3-5 after 2100.
Surrounding ridge...
Mixing height.......falling to 500 ft AGL after 0200.
Transport winds.....East 3-5 mph.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly Cloudy (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....58-60.
Min humidity........50-53 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 3 mph.
20 foot winds.......Southwest wind 4-8 mph.
Surrounding ridge...
Mixing height.......Rising to afternoon max of 2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7-10 mph.

$$
Forecaster...PROTON
Requested by...Clint Wade
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411711.1/HNX
.DELDT 04/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL clint.wade@usda.gov