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SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
502 PM PDT WED AUG 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1629 PDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL OVER
THE DISTRICT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. AN UPPER-LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO CALIFORNIA LATER THIS WEEK RESULTING IN
TEMPERATURES WARMING TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH NOT MUCH CHANGE
IN DIURNAL HUMIDITIES. DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 49-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 57-62 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-7 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 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 TO SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 32-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT BECOMING WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 50-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 57-62 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    DECREASING TO DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-8 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST TO SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.

.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 32-37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT BECOMING WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT BECOMING WEST TO SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH.


FORECASTER...OCHS
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110810.AVALA.01/HNX