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Spot Forecast for French Fire...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Hanford CA
838 PM PDT Fri Jul 5 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2100 PDT on July 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM SATURDAY JULY 13...

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures this weekend will be the hottest of the extreme,
long duration heat wave which will continue through
next week. Poor overnight RH will continue the next several
nights. Winds may gust unexpectantly to 25 mph and become
erratic during late afternoon and early evening over the
next several days. Winds will mostly be light and terrain driven.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Haze late in the evening.
                    Smoke through the night.
Min temperature.....Around 74.
Max humidity........40 percent.
Eye level winds.....Downslope 3-8 mph. Gusts to 15 mph early.
Surrounding ridge...North Northwest winds 2 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    northeast up to 5 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 12 to 13 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 5 to 8 mph overnight.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Smoke.
Max temperature.....Around 109.
Min humidity........12 percent.
Eye level winds.....Upslope 4 to 7 mph. Gusting to 25 mph late
afternoon early evening.
Surrounding ridge...Southeast winds up to 4 mph shifting to the
                    west 5 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Gusting to 25 mph late afternoon early evening.
Mixing height.......6900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the west
                    8 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Gusting to 25 mph
late afternoon early evening.


.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Smoke in the evening.
                    Haze through the night.
Min temperature.....Around 76.
Max humidity........30 percent.
Eye level winds.....Downslope 5 to 10 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 9 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 9 to 12 mph.

$$
Forecaster...MATTAROCHIA
Requested by...Joe Manavazian
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417497.0/HNX
.DELDT 07/05/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL asatur.manavazian@fire.ca.gov