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SPOT FORECAST FOR GROUSE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
434 PM PDT WED JUL 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1517 PDT ON JULY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL BRING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO
THE DISTRICT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT
WILL FEED MONSOONAL MOISTURE INTO THE DISTRICT THROUGH THURSDAY.
THIS WILL FUEL THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT. A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT WILL PREVAIL FRIDAY THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND BRING
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER TEMPERATURES.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....72-75 AT INCIDENT...MIN 60-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-39 PERCENT AT INCIDENT...MAX 48-53 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NE 2-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SE 1-5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 75-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SW 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SW 3-6 MPH.


FORECASTER...BARLOW
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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090701.GROUS.01/HNX