FNUS76 KHNX 210155
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR AVALANCHE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
655 PM PDT SAT AUG 20 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1625 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST
WILL KEEP A DRY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE REGION
THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS LOW WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST AS AN UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST STATES AND INTO CALIFORNIA
EARLY IN THE WEEK. LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE SUNDAY...THEN GRADUAL
WARMING INTO MID-WEEK. HUMIDITIES WILL SHOW LITTLE CHANGE THROUGH
MONDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........55-57 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 1-3 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS 6-12 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 7-15
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 600 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 4 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE WINDS 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST WINDS 3-5 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST WINDS 5-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-49.
MAX HUMIDITY........53-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 3-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........31-34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST WINDS 4-6 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...TARO PUSINA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110820.AVALA.01/HNX