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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA
Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA
505 FNUS76 KHNX 060336 FWSHNX Spot Forecast for French Fire...CAL FIRE National Weather Service Hanford CA 836 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 PDT SATURDAY... .DISCUSSION... Temperatures this afternoon will be around 15 degrees above normal for this time of year, warming up to 19 degrees above normal during this weekend. Low relative humidity will be present across the region as well. Breezy conditions with stronger gusts, especially in the Kern County Mountains and Mojave Desert Slopes will lead to an increased risk for fire danger. .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