FNUS76 KHNX 212152 FWSHNX SPOT FORECAST FOR YOSEMITE VALLEY...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 152 PM PST SAT JAN 21 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1208 PST ON JANUARY 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A BRIEF BREAK IN THE WEATHER WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS ONE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE PARK AND ANOTHER APPROACHES. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL EDGE INTO YOSEMITE THEN OVERNIGHT AND ESPECIALLY MONDAY MORNING, LOWER ELEVATION RAIN, HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW AND LOCALLY STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR. BY MONDAY EVENING THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OF THE REGION WITH DRY WEATHER AND LIGHT WINDS TO PREVAIL FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 35. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST TO NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH ON VALLEY FLOOR. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 15-30 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING THEN DECREASING TO 5-10 MPH OVERNIGHT. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 42. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 20-30 MPH. SUNDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVY AT TIMES. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 35 ON VALLEY FLOOR. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 7-12 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 20-30 MPH. FORECASTER...DUDLEY $$REQUESTED BY...MATT STARK TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20120121.YOSEM.01/HNX