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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING STORM YOSE 2011...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
815 AM PDT THU MAR 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0733 PDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ANOTHER WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE INCIDENT AREA TODAY THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVEL WILL GENERALLY RUN NEAR 4000 FEET BUT
OCCASIONAL HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL DROP SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO
AROUND 3000 FEET.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH RAIN DEVELOPING DURING THE MORNING.
                    PERIODS OF RAIN AND POSSIBLE SNOW CONTINUING
                    THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL AROUND
                    4000 FEET...OCCASIONALLY LOWERING BELOW 3500 FEET.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....37-40.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 7-14 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST 8-16 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 12-24 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH RAIN AND SNOW. SNOW LEVEL LOWERING
                    TO AROUND 3500 FEET OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-34.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 8-16 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 14-28 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-47.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 4-8 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5-10 MPH BY
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 7-14 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...CHARLES CUVELIER
TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR
.TAG 20110324.SPRIN.01/HNX