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Spot Forecast for Dome Fire...Yosemite NP
National Weather Service Hanford CA
505 PM PDT Fri Oct 16 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 PDT on October 17. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT FRIDAY FOR STRONG 
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4,000 FEET OF
THE SIERRA NEVADA AND THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS. Clear and dry
conditions will continue to dominate until Saturday. Winds
will decrease overnight tonight with improving relative humidity
recovery into the weekend. Humidity recovers better on Saturday
night while winds will generally be diurnal and terrain-driven
until Monday. Temperatures begin to decrease Sunday into next
week with a major drop on Tuesday along with the approach of
precipitation by Wednesday.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. 
Max temperature.....60-64. 
Min humidity........18-22 percent. 
Eye level winds.....Upslope 3-5 mph. 
Surrounding ridge...Northwest 7-12 mph.  
Mixing height.......Rising to 4500 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northwest around 12 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 5-8 mph. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. 
Min temperature.....42-46. 
Max humidity........45-50 percent. 
Eye level winds.....East 3-6 mph. 
Surrounding ridge...East to northeast 6-11 mph. 
Mixing height.......Lowering to less than 500 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northeast around 7 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast 7-10 mph shifting to the 
                    east 4-7 mph overnight. 

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. 
Max temperature.....57-62. 
Min humidity........25-30 percent. 
Eye level winds.....East 3-5 mph until 1000 PDT shifting to
                    upslope. 
Surrounding ridge...East 6-12 mph in the morning becoming
                    west by the afternoon. Gusts to 18 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Rising to 7500 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........East 5-10 mph shifting to the west in the 
                    afternoon. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. 
Min temperature.....39-44. 
Max humidity........47-52 percent. 
Eye level winds.....East 3-5 mph. 
Surrounding ridge...East to northeast 7-12 mph.  
Mixing height.......Lowering to less than 500 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northeast around 7 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........East 5-10 mph. 

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 50s.
Southeast 5-10 mph. 
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of rain and snow. Lows in the upper
30s. Highs in the mid 40s. Southeast 5-10 mph. 
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly cloudy with showers, snow showers likely and slight chance
of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower 40s.
Light and variable winds except gusty and erratic winds possible
near thunderstorms. 

$$
Forecaster...OCHS
Requested by...Matthew Snyder
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2623861.1/HNX
.DELDT 10/16/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL matthew_snyder@firenet.gov