FNUS76 KHNX 200244
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SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
744 PM PDT TUE MAY 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1822 PDT ON MAY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO COOL WITH A SLIGHT RISE IN
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. A SLIGHT CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO EXIST OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH LITTLE CHANGE
IN CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
                    BECOMING CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-8 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT...THEN
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FEET AGL IN THE EVENING...LOWERING TO
                    AROUND 500 FEET AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 8 MPH AFTER 0200 PDT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 9500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
                    BECOMING CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-8 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT...THEN
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 MPH.

FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...BRIAN GOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090519.COTTO.01/HNX