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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASCADE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
803 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1547 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR WILL BE SITUATED
BETWEEN AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND AN
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS AREA
THROUGH TUESDAY WITH A DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW PREVAILING ALOFT.
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITIES WILL TREND A BIT LOWER DURING THE
NEXT TWO DAYS. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITIES
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE BURN AREA WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INLAND.

.TODAY (TUESDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 66-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 19-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-7 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 49-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 50-54 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH BY 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 64-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 18-23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-7 MPH BY 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...BARLOW
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120820.CASCA.01/HNX