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SPOT FORECAST FOR VERNON...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
745 PM PDT TUE AUG 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1543 PDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE DISTRICT THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
BACK TO SEASONABLE LEVELS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HUMIDITIES
WILL TREND HIGHER THROUGH MIDWEEK.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH AFTER 1300
                    PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING...THEN CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-10 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2-5 MPH AFTER
                    2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-10 MPH AFTER 1300
                    PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.FRIDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH DOWN 1-3 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
 MID SLOPES.........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
   RIDGES...........WEST 5-10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES DOWN 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE.
20-FOOT WINDS...
 MID SLOPES.........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH UP 1-3 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
 MID SLOPES.........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100817.VERNO.01/HNX