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SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
212 PM PDT SUN MAY 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1342 PDT ON MAY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION
AND MOSTLY NORTH OF THE DISTRICT WITH CLEAR SKIES EXPECTED TONIGHT.
A SECOND WEAK TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY AND TRIGGER
ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA CREST WITH LITTLE PRECIPITATION.
LITTLE DIURNAL CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK OVER CALIFORNIA
WEDNESDAY FOR A FEW DEGREES WARMING AND SLIGHTLY LOWER HUMIDITIES...
THEN LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES OR HUMIDITIES. THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA EACH DAY.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR
                    THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE CREST IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 3 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090524.COTTO.01/HNX