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SPOT FORECAST FOR HARDEN...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
530 PM PDT FRI JUL 10 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1623 PDT ON JULY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OFF THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST COAST THROUGH SATURDAY AND PRODUCE A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT ACROSS CALIFORNIA. AS MID LEVEL MOISTURE BECOMES ENTRAINED IN
THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW...HUMIDITIES WILL TREND SLIGHTLY HIGHER OVER
THE MOUNTAINS AND LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
NEAR THE SIERRA CREST SATURDAY. A STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW WILL OCCUR
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES INLAND
ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. DURING THIS TIME...A DRIER AND SLIGHTLY
COOLER AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE DISTRICT ACCOMPANIED BY LOCALLY
GUSTY WINDS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-21 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 8-13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-41.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-68 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 900 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-21 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 6-10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 9-15 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE.WARMING 2-3 DEGREES EACH DAY.
MIN/MAX HUMIDITY....LITTLE CHANGE IN HUMIDITIES.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-7 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOONS
                    FOLLOWED BY DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH EACH
                    NIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...GENERALLY SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
                    SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH ON WEDNESDAY.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090710.HARDE.01/HNX