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Spot Forecast for French Incident...CAL FIRE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
841 PM PDT Thu Jul 4 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2100 PDT on July 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THURSDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION...

Well above normal temperatures continue over the fire area
through the next few days during this heat wave. Expect poor
overnight recoveries in the meantime. Winds are forecast to be
terrain-driven through the period, and likely through the weekend
as high pressure aloft remains in place.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....72-77.
Max humidity........35-40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northerly 3-7 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest to north 8-14 mph, with gusts to 23 mph. Winds
                    will decrease over night to around 4-9 mph.
Eye level winds.....Northerly 3-7 mph.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....103-108.
Min humidity........11-16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope 2-5 mph through 0900 PDT then becoming
                    upslope 4-8 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northwest 6-12 mph with gusts to around 20 mph
Eye level winds.....Southeast winds 2-5 mph shifting to the
                    west around 3-7 mph in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Haze overnight.
Min temperature.....75-80.
Max humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest to north 3-6 mph.
Ridgetop wind.......Northerly 4-8 mph.
Eye level winds.....Northwest 2-5 mph.

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Forecaster...BOLLENBACHER
Requested by...Brian Mattos
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/04/24
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.EMAIL brian.mattos@fire.ca.gov