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SPOT FORECAST FOR EL CAP SPIRE SAR...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
918 AM PDT FRI MAY 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0842 PDT ON MAY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE DISTRICT LAST BRINGING COLDER
AIR TO THE AREA WITH INCREASING WINDS.  WINDS ARE OF CONCERN
AND WILL LIKELY INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON. FREE AIR
WINDS AT 10 THOUSAND FEET 22-34 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. A BRISK
ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
INTERIOR INTO SATURDAY WITH COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A
CONTINUATION OF GUSTY WINDS. ANOTHER WEATHER DISTURBANCE ON
SUNDAY MAY BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. FEW AFTERNOON CUMULUS HIGHER RIDGES.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-10 MPH THIS MORNING
                    INCREASING TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST 7-15 MPH DURING
                    THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON TO
                    WEST TO SOUTHWEST 12-20 AND GUSTY DURING THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FEET.
TRANSPORT WINDS..... WEST 16 MPH


FORECASTER...GREISS
$$REQUESTED BY...ERIC GABRIEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
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