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SPOT FORECAST FOR WILDCAT2...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1029 PM PDT SAT JUL 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1627 PDT ON JULY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE WIND FLOW ALOFT WILL BECOME SOUTHEASTERLY ON
SUNDAY...BRINGING PLENTY OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE TO THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA NEVADA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE
BURN SITE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.
ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DISSIPATE BY SUNSET...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLY AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE COAST BY TUESDAY
RESULTING IN DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND COOLING TREND FOR THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS EARLY IN THE EARLY...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTH 3-10 MPH LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 10-20 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10-15 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 51-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-10 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY
                    EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER SUNSET.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 600-700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON
                    AND EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 65-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH SOUTHEAST 10-15 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA ON TUESDAY...EFFECTIVELY DIMINISHING THE MOIST
SOUTHEAST FLOW INTO THE STATE AND DECREASING THE RISK FOR
THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER DURING THE
PERIOD TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
FALL SOMEWHAT DUE TO THE DRIER AIR EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE
REGION. THERE WILL BE LITTLE IF ANY RISK FOR PRECIPITATION DURING
THE PERIOD.

FORECASTER...BROTHERTON
$$REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100724.WILDC.01/HNX