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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
952 PM PDT FRI AUG 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1555 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A MINOR COOLING TREND WILL OCCUR OVER THE FIRE THIS
WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
WARMER AND DRYER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE
REBUILDS OVER THE AREA.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY EARLY WITH A FEW CUMULUS DEVELOPING
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH. THEN UPSLOPE/UPCANYON
                    2-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 9 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 22 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 24-32 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING BELOW 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-4 MPH EARLY...BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 23-30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH EARLY BECOMING SOUTHWEST 12 MPH
                    AFTER 1000 PDT.


.EXTENDED OUTLOOK...
.MONDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 2-4 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH DOWN 2-4 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........NORTHEAST TO EAST 3-15 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTH 10-19 MPH.

.TUESDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 2-4 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........NORTHEAST TO EAST 3-8 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHEAST 3-8 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
TEMPERATURES LITTLE CHANGE. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-11 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTH 8-12 MPH.



FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100820.SLOPE.02/HNX