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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1145 PM PDT SAT AUG 7 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1650 PDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIERRA CREST THIS
AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE REGION. EXPECT
ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES ALONG WITH TYPICAL
DIURNALLY DRIVEN WINDS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE
GUSTS ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. A WARMING AND SLIGHT DRYING
TREND IS THEN EXPECTED BY MID WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS.

LIGHTNING BECOMING WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS EAST
OF THE BURN SITE AFTER 1300 PDT. POSSIBLY FEW TO WIDELY SCATTERED
LIGHTNING ACTIVITY NEAR THE BURN SITE AFTER 1500 PDT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH MID-DAY. BECOMING PARTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-31 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING...BECOMING UPSLOPE
                    3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
                    ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-62 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....DOWNSLOPING 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-33 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING...BECOMING UPSLOPE
                    3-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.EXTENDED OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
                    TEMPERATURE.........TEMPERATURES UP 1-3 DEGREES EACH DAY.
                    HUMIDITY........MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANCE TO DOWN 1-3 PERCENT
                    EACH DAY.
20-FOOT WINDS...
 MID SLOPES.........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-5 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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