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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
905 PM PDT SUN AUG 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1539 PDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
INTO CALIFORNIA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE RIDGE WILL BRING LIGHT
WINDS...MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER HUMIDITIES TO THE FIRE
DURING THE PERIOD WITH POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EACH NIGHT. A
NORTHWARD INFLUX OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE ALOFT LATER THIS WEEK MAY
TRIGGER A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE BURN THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
OTHERWISE...DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL OVER THE FIRE THROUGH FRIDAY
WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-18 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST TO EAST 4-7 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING WEST 3-6 MPH AFTER NOON PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........39-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-3 MPH
                    BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 4-7 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE 3 MPH OR LESS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST
                    5-12 MPH AFTER NOON PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.WEDNESDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 2-4 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH DOWN 1-3 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 4-9 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM.
TEMPERATURES DOWN 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES DOWN 2-4 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH UP 1-3 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE 4-7 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 8-14 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
$$
REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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