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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1014 PM PDT SUN AUG 29 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1559 PDT ON AUGUST 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UNSEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES AND SCATTERED SHOWERS
WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE FIRE AREA THIS EVENING. A STRONG WARMING
TREND WITH LOWERING HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INLAND FROM THE EAST PACIFIC.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 62-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 28-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH EARLY MORNING...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH BY 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 12
                    MPH BY 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-37.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE WINDS 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH BY 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 8-10 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 73-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH EARLY MORNING...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH BY 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.WEDNESDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 2-8 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH DOWN 2-8 PERCENT..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
   RIDGES...........WEST 5-10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 3-5 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH DOWN 1-3 PERCENT..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........NORTHEAST TO EAST 3-6 MPH.
   RIDGES...........WEST 4-10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........NORTHEAST TO EAST 3-8 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTH 5-10 MPH.

FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100829.SLOPE.01/HNX