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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASCADE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
813 PM PDT SAT AUG 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1902 PDT ON AUGUST 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOME RESIDUAL UPPER MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL LINGER
OVER THE FIRE THROUGH THIS EVENING WHERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...A SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL
BRING A DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS INTO THE AREA FROM SUNDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

.TODAY (SUNDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-72.
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...WEST 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 MPH.

.TONIGHT (SUNDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-70.
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 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120818.CASCA.01/HNX