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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG MEADOW...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
826 PM PDT TUE SEP 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1653 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE STATE. HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW OVER
THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH POOR RECOVERY EACH NIGHT. A WEAK OFFSHORE
FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING
SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY. COOLER WITH SLIGHTLY
HIGHER HUMIDITIES SUNDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 22-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 3-6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8-13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 55-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 38-42 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 5-10 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 15 MPH AFTER 0300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-15 MPH BECOMING NORTH NORTHEAST 2-6 MPH
                    AFTER 2100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 79-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 3-6 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 MPH.


FORECASTER...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...JEFF PIROG
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090908.BIGME.01/HNX