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SPOT FORECAST FOR MERCED GROVE PILES...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1215 AM PDT SAT MAY 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON MAY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A BRISK ONSHORE FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST
SUNDAY WITH COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND MODERATE
HUMIDITIES...ALONG WITH GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AT THE BURN SITE.
A PASSING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS FROM
SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-49.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-49 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO 5-11 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20-30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-32.
MAX HUMIDITY........94-98 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........49-53 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTHWEST 5-11 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 12-22 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 9 MPH.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHLL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110528.MERCE.01/HNX