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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1532 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.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 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 8-12 MPH. INCREASING TO
                    15-25 IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNCANYON 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 12-24 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH. THEN UPSLOPE/UPCANYON
                    2-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 9 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 11-22 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 MPH.


.EXTENDED...
.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.VERNO.01/HNX