FNUS76 KHNX 170040
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
540 PM PDT TUE AUG 16 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1704 PDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED
OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL BRING DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE FIRE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW
HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH POOR
NIGHTTIME RECOVERIES. A COOLER AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM
THE NORTHWEST. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL TO SEASONABLE LEVELS THIS
WEEKEND AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH BECOMES ANCHORED OFF THE
CALIFORNIA COAST. HOWEVER...HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND.


.TODAY (WEDNESDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........31-36 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING SOUTH 4-8 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5-10 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 7-14 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110816.AVALA.01/HNX