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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
834 PM PDT SUN AUG 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1632 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE
              EXPECTED OVER THE FIRE THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY
              AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER
              THE STATE.  EXCEPT FOR AFTERNOON CUMULUS...SKIES WILL
              BE GENERALLY CLEAR THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH LITTLE
              DIURNAL CHANGE IN HUMIDITIES.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE  78-81          TOP  68-71
MIN HUMIDITY........BASE  20-23 PERCENT  TOP  24-27 PERCENT
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-2 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH BY
                    1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 4-7 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 9500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........EARLY EVENING CUMULUS...OTHERWISE CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....BASE  46-49          TOP  38-41
MAX HUMIDITY........BASE  45-50 PERCENT  TOP  65-70 PERCENT
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH UNTIL 1900 PDT BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 2100 PDT THEN
                    SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 2-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. (SOME AFTERNOON CUMULUS)
MAX TEMPERATURE.....BASE  79-82          TOP  69-72
MIN HUMIDITY........BASE  15-19 PERCENT  TOP  20-24 PERCENT
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH
                    BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH BECOMING WEST 7-12 MPH
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 10,500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.3-5 DAY OUTLOOK...WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURES CHANGING LITTLE WEDNESDAY THEN COOLING SLIGHTLY THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY. HUMIDITIES CHANGING LITTLE WEDNESDAY THEN TRENDING
SLIGHTLY HIGHER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
EYE-LEVEL WINDS...UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH EACH AFTERNOON...OTHERWISE VARIABLE
                  LESS THAN 3 MPH.
RIDGE WINDS.......SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5-12 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090809.WILDC.01/HNX