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SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
603 PM PDT SUN AUG 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1624 PDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG AND DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE YOSEMITE PARK AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. RIDGE WINDS COULD BE
GUSTY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON. NEAR PERSISTENT TEMPERATURES
WITH SOME DECREASES IN HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE PRESENCE
OF A DRY ONSHORE FLOW. TEMPERATURES WILL START A WARMING TREND
WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST 1-3 MPH UNTIL 0900 PDT...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH AFTERWARD.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 4-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTER 2100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    EARLY EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 4 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....71-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST 1-3 MPH UNTIL 0900 PDT...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH AFTERWARD.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.

FORECASTER...VASQUEZ
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110814.AVALA.01/HNX