FNUS76 KHNX 190520
FWSHNX

Spot Forecast for River Fire...Kern County Fire Department
National Weather Service Hanford CA
1020 PM PDT Mon May 18 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 2300 PDT on May 18. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A warming trend with dry conditions will take place this week.
Winds will be generally light and terrain-influenced except for
breezes in the afternoons and evenings over the nearby ridges. A
lowering trend in afternoon humidity will occur each day Tuesday
and the remainder of this week, along with poor to moderate
overnight recovery each night.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. 
Max temperature.....79-83. 
Min humidity........15-20 percent. 
Eye level winds.....Southeast 3-6 mph in the morning becoming 
                    northwest in the afternoon. 
Surrounding ridge...Southeast 4-7 mph in the morning becoming
                    northwest 7-13 mph with gusts to 20 mph in
                    the afternoon. 
Mixing height.......Rising to 10000 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....North around 9 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast 6-10 mph in the morning shifting
                    to the northwest in the afternoon. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear. 
Min temperature.....59-63. 
Max humidity........28-33 percent. 
Eye level winds.....North 3-6 mph in the evening shifting to the
                    east overnight. 
Surrounding ridge...Northeast 7-12 mph. Gusts to 18 mph in the
                    evening. 
Mixing height.......Lowering to 500 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........North 6-10 mph in the evening shifting to
                    the east overnight. 

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Forecaster...OCHS
Requested by...Jason Schillinger
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2614004.0/HNX
.DELDT 05/18/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jschillinger@kerncountyfire.org