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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.


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Forecaster...BAGNALL
Requested by...Trevor Long
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413490.0/HNX
.DELDT 05/08/24
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.EMAIL trevor.s.long@usda.gov