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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
827 PM PDT MON AUG 17 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1623 PDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE DISTRICT
THROUGH THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS
SOUTHEASTWARD FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION.
LIGHT WINDS AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH LITTLE DIURNAL CHANGE IN HUMIDITIES. A
SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING MONSOONAL MOISTURE INTO THE DISTRICT
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND BRING A THREAT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERT.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 1-4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    4-6 WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH AROUND 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5-8 MPH.


.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41-46.
MAX HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500-1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 2-5 MPH.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    4-7 WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH AROUND 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090817.WILDC.01/HNX