Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS San Joaquin Valley, CA

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Spot Forecast for Valley...KCFD
National Weather Service Hanford CA
Issued by National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
445 PM PDT Thu Jun 5 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on June 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Typical diurnal winds out of the northwest is expected for the
burn area. Wind may have period of more variable direction during
the late overnight to early morning hours while winds are
generally light, otherwise fairly high confidence in the forecast.
There will be a very slight warming trend each day, and very low
mixing heights overnight on Friday night.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........76-78 at ignition...Max 94-97.
RH..................36-40 percent at 0800...Min 20 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds 1-3 mph early becoming northwest 3-6 mph
                    with gusts to 12 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...South winds 3-6 mph early becoming northwest 6-12 mph
                    with gusts to 24 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL at 0800, becoming 7500 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....West 3-6 mph early, becoming northwest 10-15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Temperature.........Min 68-70.
RH..................Max 44-47 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds 3-6 mph with gusts to 12 mph
                    shifting to the southeast 1-3 mph overnight.
Surrounding ridge...Northwest winds 6-12 mph with gusts to 24 mph
                    shifting to the southeast 3-6 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL early, becoming 300 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6-12 mph shifting to the south 3-6 mph late.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........Max 97-99.
RH..................Min 19-21 percent.
Eye level winds.....Light winds 1-3 mph early becoming northwest 3-6 mph
                    with gusts to 10 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Surrounding ridge...Light winds 2-6 mph early becoming northwest 6-12 mph
                    with gusts to 20 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL early, becoming 6000 ft AGL in the
                    afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5-10 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Schoenfeld
Requested by...Chris Bryski
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2515428.0/HNX
.DELDT 06/05/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cbryski@kerncountyfire.org