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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA
Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA
754 FNUS76 KHNX 040342 FWSHNX 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. $$ 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