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Spot Forecast for Castle Biomass...USFS

National Weather Service Hanford CA

704 PM PST Sat Feb 28 2026



Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PST on March 01. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



.DISCUSSION...

Above average temperatures will continue into the weekend, although

humidity recovery remains good ahead of the next storm early next

week. Light diurnal winds continue, though with an increase in

winds early next week during storm passage. The next storm will

bring mainly light precipitation from Sunday evening until Monday

along with cooler temperatures into next week.



.SUNDAY...



Sky/weather.........Sunny. 

Max temperature.....62-66. 

Min humidity........29-33 percent. 

Eye level winds.....Upslope 2-4 mph. 

Surrounding ridge...West to northwest 10-15 mph. Gusts to 25

                    mph in the afternoon. 

Mixing height.......Rising to 4500 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....West around 13 mph. 



.SUNDAY NIGHT...



Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. 

Min temperature.....35-39. 

Max humidity........66-70 percent. 

Eye level winds.....Light and variable. 

Surrounding ridge...Northwest 4-8 mph. 

Mixing height.......Lowering to 1000 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph. 



.MONDAY...



Sky/weather.........Sunny. 

Max temperature.....52-56. 

Min humidity........54-58 percent. 

Eye level winds.....Upslope 3-5 mph. 

Surrounding ridge...Northwest 7-14 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in

                    the afternoon. 

Mixing height.......Rising to 4000 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....Northwest around 11 mph. 



$$

Forecaster...OCHS

Requested by...Heriberto Rodriguez

Type of request...PRESCRIBED

.TAG 2604289.1/HNX

.DELDT 03/01/26

.FormatterVersion 2.0.0

.EMAIL Heriberto.Rodriguez@usda.gov,Juan.Andrade@usda.gov