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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
801 AM PDT WED AUG 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0721 PDT ON AUGUST 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 1-4 MPH. GUSTS TO 7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 3-6 MPH. GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 43-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 41-46 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 1-4 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    EAST TO SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 4 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-86.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 14-18 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 1-4 MPH. GUSTS TO 7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 3-6 MPH. GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 8 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090819.WILDC.01/HNX