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SPOT FORECAST FOR GROUSE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
350 PM PDT WED JUN 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1533 PDT ON JUNE 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DISTURBANCES MOVING AROUND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
JUST OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST CONTINUED TO BRING SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THE LOW PRESSURE IS PROGGED TO MOVE
SLOWLY INLAND IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH A CONTINUATION OF
UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. BEFORE THE LOW PRESSURE
AREA MOVES EAST OF THE REGION...SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
ALONG WITH HEAVY PRECIP AND HAIL.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........83-85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-7 MPH...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE WINDS
                    1-3 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS 600 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 3-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 85-88 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 700 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090603.GROUS.01/HNX