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SPOT FORECAST FOR TAMARACK...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
952 PM PDT WED SEP 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1715 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION WILL BRING DRY WEATHER AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE
FIRE THURSDAY. A NORTHWARD INFLUX OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BRING
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. DRY
LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE UNTIL DEEPER MOISTURE ARRIVES SATURDAY. THE
THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY AS A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT BRINGS A SOMEWHAT DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS INTO THE
REGION ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2-4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 6-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 4500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHERLY 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-6 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 3-5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 6-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHERLY 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........INCREASING CLOUDINESS WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE
                    OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 4-7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHERLY 10-18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO ABOUT 2500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHERLY 14 MPH.


FORECASTER...DURFEE
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REQUESTED BY...SMITH IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110928.TAMAR.01/HNX