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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASCADE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
1057 PM PDT FRI AUG 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1736 PDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
MONSOONAL MOISTURE OVER THE FIRE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN EXISTS AS MOISTURE WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH
SUNDAY. A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A DRIER AND MORE
STABLE AIRMASS INTO THE DISTRICT EARLY NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

.TODAY (SATURDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 0-2 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-5 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT (SATURDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 0-2 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-5 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120817.CASCA.01/HNX