FNUS76 KHNX 200154
FWSHNX

Spot Forecast for River Fire...Kern County Fire
National Weather Service Hanford CA
654 PM PDT Tue May 19 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1900 PDT on May 19. 
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A warming and drying trend will continue until Friday. Thus,
elevated fire weather throughout the week. There will be low
daytime humidity with poor overnight recovery each night for
the remainder of this week. Afternoon and evening breezes will
occur each day, but winds will otherwise be light. 

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. 
Max temperature.....73-77. 
Min humidity........12-16 percent. 
Eye level winds.....South 3-5 mph in the morning shifting to the
                    west 5-8 mph in the afternoon. 
Surrounding ridge...Southwest 9-17 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in the
                    afternoon. 
Mixing height.......Rising to 8500 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....West around 8 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........South 5-8 mph in the morning shifting to the
                    west 8-12 mph with gusts to 18 mph in the
                    afternoon. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. 
Min temperature.....55-59. 
Max humidity........22-27 percent. 
Eye level winds.....Northwest 4-7 mph in the evening shifting
                    to the northeast 2-4 mph overnight. 
Surrounding ridge...Northerly 6-13 mph. Gusts to 20 mph in the
                    evening. 
Mixing height.......Lowering to 300 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....North around 7 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 6-11 mph with gusts to 16 mph in
                    the evening shifting to the northeast 3-6 mph
                    overnight. 

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. 
Max temperature.....75-80. 
Min humidity........10-15 percent. 
Eye level winds.....Southeast 2-4 mph in the morning shifting to
                    the west 4-7 mph in the afternoon. 
Surrounding ridge...Southerly 9-17 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in the
                    afternoon. 
Mixing height.......Rising to 8000 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....West around 9 mph. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast 3-6 mph in the morning shifting to
                    the west 8-12 mph with gusts to 18 mph in the
                    afternoon. 

$$
Forecaster...OCHS
Requested by...William Corey
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2614083.0/HNX
.DELDT 05/19/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL wcorey@kerncountyfire.org