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SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
635 PM PDT THU AUG 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1649 PDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A 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.
THE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE DISTRICT BY TUESDAY
WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 4-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 3-9 MPH IN THE EVENING INCREASING
                    TO 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 6-12 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 7-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110818.AVALA.01/HNX