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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
920 PM PDT MON AUG 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1636 PDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD
INLAND FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND BRING DRY WEATHER WITH A DAY
TO DAY WARMING TREND THROUGH FRIDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL TREND LOWER
THROUGH THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE
POOR NIGHTTIME RECOVERIES ARE ANTICIPATED. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT
AND GENERALLY TERRAIN DRIVEN THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. SOME CUMULUS CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH EARLY MORNING...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH BY 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    WEST AT 5 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 6 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EARLY EVENING...TURNING
                    CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........76-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE WINDS 2-4 MPH THROUGH 2000 PDT...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 2-4 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH BY 2100 PDT
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 600 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 4 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-4 MPH EARLY MORNING...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH BY 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.

.EXTENDED...
.THURSDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 3-5 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH DOWN 2-4 PERCENT..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........NORTHEAST TO EAST 8 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHEAST 6 MPH.

.FRIDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES UP 2-4 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH DOWN 2-4 PERCENT..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-9 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTH 3-6 MPH.

.SATURDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES DOWN 1-3 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH LITTLE CHANGE..
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 4-13 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST 4-13 MPH.

FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100830.SLOPE.01/HNX