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SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
511 PM PDT WED MAY 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1625 PDT ON MAY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL RESIDE OVER THE STATE
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND BRING ISOLATED AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY LIGHTNING TO THE SIERRA CREST. OTHERWISE...
GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY WITH LITTLE
DIURNAL CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES.

NOTE...EYE-LEVEL AND RIDGE WINDS MAY BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR
       ANY THUNDERSTORMS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT...THEN LIGHT
                    AND VARIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF A
                    THUNDERSTORM AFTER 1400 PDT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 9 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...BRIAN GOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090520.COTTO.02/HNX