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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA

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FNUS76 KHNX 260114
FWSHNX

Spot Forecast for China Ridge RX...USFS
National Weather Service Hanford CA
614 PM PDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on April 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A weak storm system will bring a chance of showers and thunderstorms
over the burn area on Friday. About 1/5 of an inch of rain is
forecast on Friday. Winds are next expected to be strong, unless
there is gusty outflow associated with a thunderstorm Friday.
Rain is forecast to end in the evening hours. Calm conditions
with mostly sunny skies are forecast on Saturday



.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms late in the morning. Rain showers
                    likely through the day. Chance of thunderstorms
                    in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....50-55.
Min humidity........70-75 percent.
Eye level winds.....West 5-10 mph. Gusty outflow winds possible
                    due to afternoon thunderstorms.
Surrounding ridge...West 6-12 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to around 3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Min temperature.....38-43.
Max humidity........95-100 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest 4-8 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest 5-10 mph.
Mixing height.......Lowering to less than 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 7 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (10-20 percent).
Max temperature.....57-62.
Min humidity........50-55 percent.
Eye level winds.....Upslope 5-10 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest 6-12 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to around 5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 9 mph.

$$
Forecaster...BOLLENBACHER
Requested by...Patrick Green
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412454.0/HNX
.DELDT 04/26/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bradley.walker@usda.gov,patrick.green@fs.fed.us,david.reynolds@usda.gov