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SPOT FORECAST FOR HARDEN...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
649 PM PDT SUN JUL 12 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1650 PDT ON JULY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER TROUGH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE INTO
THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY BRINGING A DRIER AIRMASS TO THE FIRE AREA.
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
WEEK AS A STRONG UPPER RIDGE BUILDS IN FROM THE EAST. WINDS WILL
BE MAINLY DIURNAL AND TERRAIN DRIVEN.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 600 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 MPH.


.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE.WARMING 1-2 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...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WEDNESDAY.
                    WEST 6-10 MPH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090712.HARDE.01/HNX