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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1010 PM PDT SAT SEP 4 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1605 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN OVER THE AREA ON SUNDAY
AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE PASSES JUST TO THE NORTH.
THIS WILL BEGIN A COOLING TREND WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING
EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS THE NEXT TROUGH DROPS SOUTH
OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL TREND HIGHER
MIDWEEK AS THE COOLER AIR MOVES IN. WINDS MAY BECOME BREEZY ACROSS
THE RIDGE TOPS SUNDAY WITH STRONGER GUSTS LIKELY BY MIDWEEK.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH
                    AFTER 1100 PDT. GUSTS UP TO 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 7-12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 41-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 40-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 3-6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 MPH.

.LABOR DAY (MONDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH. GUSTS TO 6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5-8 MPH. GUSTS TO AROUND 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


.EXTENDED...
.TUESDAY...
CLEAR. TEMPERATURES DOWN 3-5 DEGREES. MINIMUM RH UP 3-6 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5-10 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10-20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES DOWN 7-11
DEGREES. MINIMUM RH UP 4-7 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 7-15 MPH.
   RIDGES...........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 15-25 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES DOWN 2-4
DEGREES. MINIMUM RH UP 3-7 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS...
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-7 MPH.
   RIDGES...........NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH.


FORECASTER...HARTY
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100904.SLOPE.01/HNX