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SPOT FORECAST FOR BALD...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
448 PM PDT SUN JUN 26 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1621 PDT ON JUNE 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL RESIDE OVER THE BURN
SITE THROUGH MONDAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND
HUMIDITIES. ON TUESDAY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO A
POSITION OFF THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE DISTRICT AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER THE BURN SITE. PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY
EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES
ACROSS CALIFORNIA. SNOW LEVELS MAY BE AS LOW AS 8000 FEET AT
TIMES. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 28-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 2-4 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING DOWNSLOPE WINDS 2-4 MPH BY LATE EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 12-18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 2-5 MPH EARLY THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    8-10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 MPH.

...OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

MUCH COOLER WITH HIGHER HUMIDITIES. SHOWERS LIKELY WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE.

FORECASTER...BROTHERTON
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHLL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110626.BALD_.01/HNX