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Spot Forecast for Basin Fire...NV Team 4
National Weather Service Hanford CA
520 PM PDT Fri Jul 12 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on July 13.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT SUNDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT SUNDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
Gusty winds from dry thunderstorms/lightning will be the biggest
impact to the fire from now through Sunday. Saturday afternoon has
the highest risk for dry lightning in the afternoon. Poor overnight
RH recovery. Outside of any thunderstorms winds will be mainly
terrain driven. Temperatures will cool by about 5-10 degrees going
into next week with little to no chance of showers or thunderstorms
and mainly terrain driven winds.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent). Isolated showers
                    and dry thunderstorms overnight.
Min temperature.....79-86.
Max humidity........29-36 percent.
Eye level winds.....Downslope winds up to 4 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northeast winds up to 4 mph.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 7 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds to 40 mph expected near thunderstorms
                    this afternoon and overnight.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). A chance of
                    showers and dry thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....101-112.
Min humidity........17-22 percent.
Eye level winds.....Upslope at 5 mph.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest winds up to 4 mph shifting to the
                    southwest up to 5 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 8 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 6 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds to 40 mph expected near
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (15-25 percent). A chance of
                    showers and dry thunderstorms in the early
                    evening.
Min temperature.....76-83.
Max humidity........32-38 percent.
Eye level winds.....Variable winds 4-7 mph in the evening, becoming
                    light downslope winds 1-3 mph overnight
Surrounding ridge...Southwest to west 5-9 mph.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest 5-8 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms.


Forecaster...MATTAROCHIA/MOLINA

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Requested by...Dylan Rader
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.EMAIL dylan_rader@firenet.gov