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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASCADE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
800 PM PDT TUE JUL 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1532 PDT ON JULY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL OVER THE FIRE AREA
AS HIGH PRESSURE RESIDES OVER THE REGION. HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY
TREND UPWARD WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN DAY TO DAY TEMPERATURES. BY
THURSDAY, MOISTURE FORM THE SOUTHEAST WILL CREATE A SMALL THREAT OF
A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE BURN IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 80-82
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 23-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-4 MPH. GUSTS TO 8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 8-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 57-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 34-38 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 700 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 2 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 76-79.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 25-28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-4 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH. WINDS ERRATIC
                    IN DIRECTION AND GUSTY NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORM.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 11-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 11 MPH.


FORECASTER...DUDLEY
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120710.CASCA.01/HNX