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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLOPE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1049 PM PDT SAT OCT 2 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1759 PDT ON OCTOBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

DISCUSSION...A HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE DISTRICT WILL
COMBINE WITH AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH FROM THE PACIFIC.
THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UNSETTLE CONDITIONS OVER THE FIRE AREA
WITH A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO MONDAY. WINDS WILL
BE ON THE INCREASE MONDAY ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 58-60 TOP OF FIRE 71-73 LOWER ELEVATIONS.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 45-48 PERCENT TOP OF FIRE 40-42 BOTTOM OF FIRE.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH...STRONGER AND GUSTY NEAR ANY
                    THUNDERSTORM.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-12 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10-12 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 45-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 70-80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-3 MPH...EXCEPT STRONGER
                    AND GUSTY NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 8-10 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 53-55 TOP OF FIRE 65-67 LOWER ELEVATIONS.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 43-48 PERCENT TOP OF FIRE 38-42 BOTTOM OF FIRE.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH...STRONGER AND GUSTY NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 12-15 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
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