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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
935 PM PDT SAT AUG 15 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1648 PDT ON AUGUST 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL BUILD
INLAND EARLY IN THE WEEK. THIS WILL BRING A WARMING TREND THROUGH
WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 1-4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST
                    3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 6-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 MPH.


.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING EAST 3-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 4 MPH.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 1-4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST
                    3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 6-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 MPH.


.OUTLOOK DAYS 3-4...

.TUESDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 7 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 7 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHEAST 8 MPH.

FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090815.WILDC.01/HNX