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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG MEADOW...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1119 PM PDT THU SEP 10 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1627 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
FIRE FRIDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE STATE.
HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW WITH POOR RECOVERY AT NIGHT. A WEAK UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE INLAND SATURDAY BRINGING A SLIGHT THREAT OF A
THUNDERSTORM TO THE SITE. A DEEPER AND COLDER TROUGH WILL QUICKLY
FOLLOW TO NEAR THE CALIFORNIA COAST SUNDAY THEN MOVE INTO THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR MONDAY. THE LOW WILL BRING COOLER AND
MORE BREEZY CONDITIONS BEGINNING SUNDAY...ALONG WITH AN INCREASED
THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS BY MONDAY.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST 8 MPH
                    AFTER 1000 PDT.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                    1-4 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING BELOW 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    5 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF A THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH AFTER 1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST 8 MPH
                    AFTER 1000 PDT.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...JEFF PIROG
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090910.BIGME.01/HNX