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SPOT FORECAST FOR GROUSE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
632 PM PDT THU JUL 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1513 PDT ON JULY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. A NORTHERLY INFLUX OF TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BRING A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE A DRY SOUTHWEST UPPER FLOW
PUSHES THE MOISTURE EAST OF THE DISTRICT SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY...EXCEPT PARTLY CLOUDY OVER THE HIGHER
                    ELEVATIONS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 76-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 19-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING...BECOMING UPSLOPE/
                    UPVALLEY 2-7 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR...EXCEPT PARTLY CLOUDY OVER THE
                    HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE EVENING WITH A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 40-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH AFTER
                    2100 PDT...THEN LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-15 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 3-8 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT...THEN
                    SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH AFTER 0400 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 4 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...EXCEPT PARTLY CLOUDY OVER THE
                    HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 76-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING...BECOMING UPSLOPE/
                    UPVALLEY 2-7 MPH AFTER 1300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    EAST AFTER 1100 PDT...THEN SOUTH AFTER 1600 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES
AND HUMIDITIES.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-8 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOONS FOLLOWED
            BY DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH EACH NIGHT.
   RIDGES...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH SATURDAY...BECOMING SOUTHWEST
            TO WEST 10-15 MPH SUNDAY..DECREASING TO 5-10 MPH MONDAY.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090716.GROUS.01/HNX