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SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
630 PM PDT TUE AUG 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1729 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE BURN AREA THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. AN UPPER-LEVEL HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO CALIFORNIA LATER THIS WEEK RESULTING
IN TEMPERATURES WARMING TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH NOT MUCH
CHANGE IN DIURNAL HUMIDITIES. DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL AT LEAST
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE WINDS 3-5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    8 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT BECOMING WEST 3-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST 3-7.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 49-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 57-62 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-4 MPH BY 2100
                    PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 4-7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING UPSLOPE WINDS 3-5 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT BECOMING WEST 3-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST 3-7.

FORECASTER...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110809.AVALA.01/HNX