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Spot Forecast for Sentinel...CA-KNP
National Weather Service Hanford CA
841 PM PDT Thu Aug 1 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1700 PDT on July 31. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
Clouds rolling into the area this evening as a chance of evening rain 
and overnight thunderstorms will develop over the burn site. Monsoonal
moisture is making a return to the area as chance for precipitation 
increase on Friday. Some of these thunderstorms may be dry, and can 
allow for new fire starts. Winds will be erratic near thunderstorm
outflows. A warming trend is also expected to occur through the end
of the week.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Areas of smoke in 
                    the evening. Hazy. Slight chance of rain in the 
                    late evening. Chance of showers and a slight 
                    chance thunderstorms overnight. 
Min temperature.....56-58. 
Max humidity........46-48 percent. 
Eye level winds.....Southwest to west 4-7 mph in the evening, 
                    becoming light downsloping winds 1-3 mph. 
Surrounding ridge...West to northwest 7-11 mph with gusts to 16 mph. 
Mixing height.......Lowering to 700 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Southeast around 5 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening 
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds 
                    expected near thunderstorms overnight. 

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Haze through the 
                    day. Areas of smoke in the afternoon. Showers 
                    likely with a chance of thunderstorms through 
                    the day. 
Max temperature.....86-90. 
Min humidity........16-20 percent. 
Eye level winds.....Light and variable winds, becoming west/upslope 
                    3-6 mph in the afternoon. Wind gusts up to 10 mph 
                    are possible. 
Surrounding ridge...West to Northwest 5-9 mph with gusts to 13 mph. 
Mixing height.......Near 8000 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....South/southwest up to 9 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds from the southeast shifting to
					west/upslope 4-8 mph. 


Forecaster...MOLINA

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Requested by...Sentinel IC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2419365.2/HNX
.DELDT 08/01/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL SEKI_fire@nps.gov