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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
440 PM PDT MON AUG 16 2010

CORRECTED RIDGE WINDS WEDNESDAY

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1549 PDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE
OVER MUCH OF THE DISTRICT THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. A WARMING
TREND HAS BEGUN WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MIDWEEK.
SOME COOLING IS ANTICIPATED BY LATER IN THE WEEK. WINDS WILL
REMAIN DIURNALLY TERRAIN DRIVEN.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHEAST WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING...BECOMING UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH AFTER 1100
                    PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-43.
MAX HUMIDITY........72-77 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....UPSLOPE 5-12 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........33-38 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 4 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING...BECOMING UPSLOPE 5-12 MPH AFTER
                    1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.THURSDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH UP 2-4 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
 MID SLOPES.........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE.
20-FOOT WINDS...
 MID SLOPES.........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH.

.SATURDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE.
20-FOOT WINDS...
 MID SLOPES.........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-8 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100816.SLOPE.01/HNX