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SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
545 PM PDT THU AUG 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1641 PDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A DRY SOUTHWEST TO WEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST
OVER THE BURN SITE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE
CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE DISTRICT. LITTLE DIURNAL CHANGE
IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD.
WINDS WILL REMAIN DIURNALLY DRIVEN DURING THE PERIOD.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 6-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 900 FEET AGL IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
                    TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-59 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 4-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 600 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST 1-3 MPH UNTIL 1000 PDT...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 5-9 MPH AFTERWARD.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110811.AVALA.01/HNX