FNUS76 KHNX 280100
FWSHNX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SMITH...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
600 PM PDT TUE SEP 27 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1636 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND A WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW
WILL PROVIDE WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AN EAST TO
SOUTHEAST FLOW ALOFT WILL GRADUALLY DEVELOP LATE IN THE WEEK...WITH
AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY EXPECTED NEAR FRIDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPING WINDS 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING.
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST TO EAST 2-5 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 11 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-71 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH UNTIL 2000 PDT...VARIABLE
                    WIND 2-4 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT...SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST 1-3 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 800 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 6 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.

FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...SMITH IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110927.SMITH.01/HNX