Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA
Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA
944 FNUS76 KHNX 081511 FWSHNX Spot Forecast for Big Stump Prescribed Fire...USFS-SQF National Weather Service Hanford CA 811 AM PDT Wed May 8 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on May 09. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... A warming trend will continue into next week, with max temperatures around 12 degrees above normal by Wednesday. There is a slight chance for some thunderstorms at elevations above the burn site during the afternoons through the weekend into Monday. Winds will be mainly light and terrain driven. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Max temperature.....62-66. Min humidity........35-40 percent. Eye level winds.....Downslope 1-4 mph becoming upslope 3-7 mph after 1100 PDT. Surrounding ridge...Northwest 4-8 mph. Mixing height.......Rising to around 7000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North around 8 mph. .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Min temperature.....40-44. Max humidity........61-66 percent. Eye level winds.....Downslope 1-4 mph. Surrounding ridge...Northeast 3-6 mph. Mixing height.......Lowering below 500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast around 3 mph. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Max temperature.....65-69. Min humidity........35-40 percent. Eye level winds.....Downslope 1-4 mph becoming upslope 3-7 mph after 1100 PDT. Surrounding ridge...Southwest 3 to 7 mph. Mixing height.......Rising to around 8000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West around 7 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Min temperature.....42-46. Max humidity........60-65 percent. Eye level winds.....Downslope 1-4 mph. Surrounding ridge...North 3-6 mph. Mixing height.......Lowering below 500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast around 3 mph. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Max temperature.....67-71. Min humidity........37-42 percent. Eye level winds.....Downslope 1-4 mph becoming upslope 3-7 mph after 1100 PDT. Surrounding ridge...Southwest 5 to 10 mph. Mixing height.......Rising to around 8500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West around 8 mph. EXTENDED OUTLOOK... .SUNDAY... Clear. Max Temperature.....74-80. 24 hr trend......3 degrees up. Min Humidity........35-41 percent. 24 hr trend......Little change. 20-Foot Winds... Slopes...........Upslope/upvalley 3 to 7 mph. Ridges...........West 4 to 9 mph. .MONDAY... Mostly clear. Max Temperature.....74-81. 24 hr trend......Little change. Min Humidity........37-42 percent. 24 hr trend......2 percent up. 20-Foot Winds... Slopes...........Upslope/upvalley 4 to 8 mph. Ridges...........Southwest 4 to 9 mph. $$ Forecaster...BAGNALL Requested by...Trevor Long Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413490.0/HNX .DELDT 05/08/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL trevor.s.long@usda.gov