FNUS76 KHNX 240430
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT2...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
930 PM PDT FRI JUL 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1534 PDT ON JULY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE FLOW ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY TURN SOUTHEASTERLY
OVERNIGHT AND BRING IN ADDITIONAL MID LEVEL MOISTURE. THIS WILL
PROVIDE A LITTLE BETTER CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE SIERRA HIGH COUNTRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WINDS WILL BECOME
GUSTY AND ERRATIC NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE
TOWARDS THE COAST BY MONDAY RESULTING IN DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-38 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-8 MPH AFTER
                    1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING...SHIFTING
                    TO THE WEST AFTER 1400 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WEST WINDS 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST 2-6 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT...
                    THEN VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH AFTER 0100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...BECOMING
                    NORTH 3-8 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT...THEN NORTHEAST
                    AFTER 0300 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    SUNNY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-8 MPH AFTER
                    1200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING...
                    BECOMING SOUTH 4-10 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...NANCY BISSMEYER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100723.WILDC.01/HNX