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SPOT FORECAST FOR PARK WIDE PILES...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
850 PM PDT TUE MAY 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 PDT ON MAY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE DISTRICT
TODAY AND BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA FROM FRESNO COUNTY NORTH. OTHERWISE...
TODAY WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES. THURSDAY
WILL BE DRY AND MUCH COOLER WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING
ALONG THE SIERRA CREST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-39 AT IGNITION...MAX 64-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........93-95 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41-44 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 6-11 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 11-16 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 900 FEET AGL AT IGNITION...RISING TO
                    4000 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH...INCREASING TO 25 MPH AFTER
                    1300 PDT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-37.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6-11 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 9-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    EARLY...DECREASING TO 5-9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 600 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 MPH EARLY...DECREASING TO 10 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING.
                    BECOMING WEST 4-8 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 7-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...RUSSELL MITCHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110525.PARKW.01/HNX