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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1144 PM PDT THU AUG 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1712 PDT ON AUGUST 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL KEEP A DRY
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE DISTRICT THROUGH TODAY. THE
TROUGH WILL MOVE INLAND OVER THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER AND
HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH NORMAL DIURNAL WINDS.


.TODAY (FRIDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 45-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWNSLOPE 3-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100805.SLOPE.01/HNX