FNUS76 KHNX 100333
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR VERNON...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
833 PM PDT THU SEP 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1609 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SLOW WARMING TREND WITH LOWERING RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WILL OCCUR FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO
AROUND AVERAGE VALUES DURING THE WEEKEND DUE TO A WEAK UPPER-LEVEL
RIDGE SETTING UP OVER THE AREA. THIS RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-9 MPH AFTER 1400 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 4-7 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 5-8 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 4 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 4-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING...
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-6 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT...
                    THEN BECOMING EAST 2-5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 3-5 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-7 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT...THEN
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-9 MPH AFTER 1400 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100909.VERNO.01/HNX