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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
939 PM PDT FRI JUL 31 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1701 PDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SLIGHTLY MOIST SOUTH FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SIERRA CREST SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED DIRECTLY OVER THE BURN AREA,
THERE IS A RISK OF SOME BRIEF GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. OTHERWISE NORMAL
SLOPE AND VALLEY WINDS WILL PREVAIL. A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY, WHICH WILL PREVAIL AT LEAST
THROUGH MID-WEEK.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    THERE IS A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM
                    NEARBY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-73 AT THE TOP...78-83 AT THE BOTTOM.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT TOP...25-30 PERCENT BOTTOM.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
                    4-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING SOUTH THEN SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........68-74 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-10 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 1-4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO NEAR 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT BECOMING SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...LITTLE CHANGE TEMPERATURES.
HUMIDITIES LOWERING 5-10 PERCENT MONDAY...THEN LITTLE CHANGE.
NORMAL SLOPE AND VALLEY WINDS.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...KELLY SINGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090731.WILDC.01/HNX