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Spot Forecast for Westfall Station...Sierra National Forest Bass Lake RD
National Weather Service Hanford CA
442 PM PDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on May 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Warm and dry conditions are expected to prevail for the next few
days. A pattern shift is forecasted for this weekend with snow levels
currently being forecasted to be at 8,000 feet Saturday morning before
dropping to 5,500 feet by Sunday morning. The rain is being forecasted to
begin late Saturday morning into early Saturday afternoon. Ridgetop winds
are expected to peak every afternoon through the weak with eye level
winds near the fire to be light and diurnally driven.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....60-65.
Min humidity........38-43 percent.
Eye level winds.....Upslope winds up to 5 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest 14 to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....44-49.
Max humidity........52-57 percent.
Eye level winds.....Downslope winds up to 5 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest 3 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......Falling to 300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 6 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Max temperature.....64-69.
Min humidity........39-44 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming upslope up to
5 mph in the afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest 13 to 18 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph.

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Forecaster...KALB
Requested by...Burt Stalter
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL burt.stalter@usda.gov