FNUS76 KHNX 090051
FWSHNX

Spot Forecast for VAN INCIDENT...CalFire MMU
National Weather Service Hanford CA
551 PM PDT Wed Jul 8 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 PDT on July 08. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A warm up is expected to continue over the next few days and into
the weekend which will gradually raise afternoon temperatures 
near to just above 100 degrees. The warming trend will result in 
drier air over the burn site and minimum RH values around 15 to 20
percent for Thursday and Friday. Decent overnight recoveries 
approaching 60 percent are expected tonight, but will follow the 
overall drying trend and near 50 to 55 percent Thursday night. 
Winds will largely be from the west to northwest and relatively 
light at 5 to 10 mph; ridge winds at higher terrain is expected to
downslope from the northeast during the nighttime hours. 20ft 
wind gusts will be approaching 15 to 20 mph during the afternoons.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent). 
Min temperature.....59-63. 
Max humidity........56-66 percent. 
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 5 mph. 
Surrounding ridge...Northeast/downslope winds around 5 mph. 
Mixing height.......0-400 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northwest around 11 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 9 mph. 

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). 
Max temperature.....96-99. 
Min humidity........14-21 percent. 
Eye level winds.....West winds up to 5 mph. 
Surrounding ridge...West winds 5 to 10 mph.  
Mixing height.......4500-4800 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....West around 6 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph. 

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent). 
Min temperature.....64-67. 
Max humidity........49-57 percent. 
Eye level winds.....Northwest winds up to 4 mph shifting to the 
                    north around 3 mph overnight. 
Surrounding ridge...Northeast/downslope winds around 5 mph.  
Mixing height.......0-400 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Northwest around 9 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the 
                    north around 5 mph overnight. 

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). 
Max temperature.....99-101. 
Min humidity........15-21 percent. 
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming west around 4 mph in the 
                    afternoon. 
Surrounding ridge...Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.  
Mixing height.......5500-5800 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....West around 6 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 6 mph in the 
                    afternoon. 

$$
Forecaster...MCCOY
Requested by...Garrett Adams
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617043.0/HNX
.DELDT 07/08/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL garrett.adams@fire.ca.gov