FNUS76 KHNX 140128 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR GROUSE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 628 PM PDT MON JUL 13 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1520 PDT ON JULY 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD AND STRENGTHEN OVER THE BURN AREA FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. DRY WEATHER WITH A DAY TO DAY WARMING TREND WILL OCCUR THROUGH THURSDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL DECREASE WITH POOR RECOVERIES EACH NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD. INVERSIONS WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN STRENGTH WITH MIXING HEIGHTS LOWERING THROUGH THE PERIOD. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 83-85. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 22-25 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-4 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 12 MPH. .TUESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 69. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 38-43 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 3-5 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 6 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 85-87. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-22 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-4 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 11 MPH. FORECASTER...DUDLEY $$REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU .TAG 20090713.GROUS.01/HNX