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SPOT FORECAST FOR VERNON...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
953 PM PDT MON SEP 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1612 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE PARKED
OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING DRY WEATHER...LIGHT WINDS AND ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE FIRE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL
REMAIN LOW THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH POOR NIGHTTIME RECOVERIES.
HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED LATER IN THE
WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES THE CALIFORNIA COAST. THERE
IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-2 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH BY
                    1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST
                    5-10 MPH BY NOON PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........32-36 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST TO EAST 3-5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 4 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-17 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-2 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH
                    BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST
                    5-10 MPH BY NOON PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.EXTENDED FORECAST...
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...TEMPERATURES COOLING A FEW DEGREES
THURSDAY WITH HUMIDITIES INCREASING 5-15 PERCENT. FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY WILL BE 4-7 DEGREES COOLER WITH HUMIDITIES UP ANOTHER
10-20 PERCENT. THERE IS A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE VICINITY OF THE FIRE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100927.VERNO.01/HNX