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SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
602 PM PDT WED AUG 17 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1636 PDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE
FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL BRING DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES OVER THE FIRE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. A SLIGHTLY
COOLER AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE DISTRICT TONIGHT 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 (THURSDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT (THURSDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....56-58.
MAX HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 2 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO UPSLOPE 3-5 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110817.AVALA.01/HNX