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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
739 AM PDT WED AUG 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0713 PDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL PREVAIL OVER THE FIRE
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WHILE
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS ANCHORED NEAR THE COAST AND AN
UPPER RIDGE RESIDES OVER ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO. TEMPERATURES WILL
TREND WARMER AND DAYTIME HUMIDITIES WILL TREND SLIGHTLY LOWER EACH
DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS THE RIDGE SLOWLY STRENGTHENS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 67-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-7 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 48-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 61-66 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 71-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH EARLY IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-7 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20100811.SLOPE.01/HNX