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SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
910 PM PDT SUN AUG 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1925 PDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY AND STABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE FIRE
THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY WITH A PREVAILING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.
LITTLE DIURNAL CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES IS EXPECTED
THROUGH THE PERIOD.


.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........39-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH BY
                    NOON PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 4-7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-8 MPH BY
                    1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH UNTIL 1930 PDT BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
                    1-3 MPH BY 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHERLY 6 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-44 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH BY
                    NOON PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 3-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH BY
                    1100 PDT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110807.AVALA.01/HNX