FNUS76 KHNX 210335 FWSHNX Spot Forecast for Balsam Site Prep...Sierra National Forest National Weather Service Hanford CA 835 PM PDT Fri Mar 20 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PDT on March 21. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Warm and dry with temperatures about 10-15 degrees above seasonal normal. These temperatures are expected to go into a cooling trend through the weekend. Poor to moderate humidity recovery will see slight improvement later in the weekend. Winds will remain light and terrain driven. No precipitation is forecast for the period. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Max temperature.....61-63 at ignition...Max 77-80. Min humidity........33-36 percent at ignition...Min 20-22 percent. Eye level winds.....Light winds 1-3 mph in the morning, becoming west 3-5 mph after 1100 PDT. Surrounding ridge...Southwest to west 7-11 mph. Mixing height.......Around 1100 ft AGL at ignition, rising to 4700 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Southwest around 8 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly clear (15-25 percent). Min temperature.....59-61. Max humidity........35-38 percent. Eye level winds.....Light and variable winds 2-4 mph, becoming downslope 1-3 mph after 2200 PDT. Surrounding ridge...West to Northwest 4-8 mph. Mixing height.......Lowering to around 900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest around 5 mph. .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Max temperature.....74-77. Min humidity........23-25 percent. Eye level winds.....Light winds 1-3 mph in the morning, becoming upslope 2-4 mph in the afternoon. Surrounding ridge...West 5-9 mph. Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West around 6 mph. Forecaster...MOLINA $$ Requested by...Alexis Castro Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2606410.1/HNX .DELDT 03/21/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL victor.lefor@usda.gov,clinton.wade@usda.gov,alexis.castro@usda.gov