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SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
931 PM PDT SAT AUG 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1918 PDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE FIRE
THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY WITH A PREVAILING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A COUPLE OF DEGREES EACH DAY WHILE HUMIDITIES
TREND SLIGHTLY LOWER THROUGH THE PERIOD.


.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH BY
                    1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 4-7 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    7-10 MPH BY NOON PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-64 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH UNTIL 1930 PDT BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                    2-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH BY
                    1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-8 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    7-10 MPH BY NOON PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 7500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110806.AVALA.01/HNX