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Spot Forecast for Orchard Incident...Kern County Fire
National Weather Service Hanford CA
842 PM PDT Wed Jul 3 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2100 PDT on July 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL JULY 11TH AT 8 AM...

.DISCUSSION...
Afternoon high temperatures are forecast to remain around 15
degrees above average for the next week. Over the fire area,
winds are expected to continue generally out of the northwest
to west. Overnight recoveries are expected to be poor during this
heat wave as well. No precipitation is expected into the
foreseeable future.


.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....92-97.
Min humidity........15-20 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest 8-13 mph with gusts to 22 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest 10-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to around 7500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 16 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 18 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....71-76.
Max humidity........33-38 percent.
Eye level winds.....West 10-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest 12-17 mph with gusts to 28 mph.
Mixing height.......Lowering to less than 1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 22 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 13 to 18 mph.

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Forecaster...BOLLENBACHER
Requested by...William Corey
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417368.0/HNX
.DELDT 07/03/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL wcorey@kerncountyfire.org