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SPOT FORECAST FOR STARR...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1150 PM PDT TUE SEP 20 2011

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

.DISCUSSION...A VERY WEAK FLOW ALOFT AN SOME LIMITED MOISTURE WILL
PRODUCE ISOLATED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THURSDAY.
WINDS AT THE BURN AREA WILL BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN...EXCEPT
STRONG AND GUSTY IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE LESS THAN 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE LESS THAN 8 MPH BECOMING EAST 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WIND BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 5 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO WEST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 5 MPH OR LESS.


FORECASTER...BINGHAM
$$REQUESTED BY...NANCY BISSMEYER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110920.STARR.01/HNX