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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG MEADOW...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
915 PM PDT SUN SEP 13 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1724 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING A FEW SHOWERS TO
THE BURN AREA MONDAY ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON
THUNDERSTORM. OTHERWISE...COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER
HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BRING LOWER HUMIDITIES WITH A DAY TO
DAY WARMING TREND AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE STATE.
RIDGE AND SLOPE WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SHOWERS. 20 PERCENT
                    CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 61-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 7000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........EVENING CLOUDINESS FOLLOWED BY CLEARING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 46-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 75-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 73-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 3-5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST
                    4-7 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 4 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...TARO PUSINA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090913.BIGME.01/HNX