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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASCADE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
752 PM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1639 PDT ON AUGUST 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE COAST WILL MOVE
INLAND OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
DRY LIGHTNING WITH THIS SYSTEM. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LINGER ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA CREST ON THURSDAY...THEN DRY
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER
SLIGHTLY TO NEAR NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE THEREAFTER.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE TERRAIN INFLUENCED...EXCEPT GUSTY AND ERRATIC
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 74-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 2-5 4 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST WINDS 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH BY THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 10000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO NORTH 12 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 46-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 48-53 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-8 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING VARIABLE 2-5 MPH AFTER 2000 PDT...THEN
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER 0300 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 4-10 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING SHIFTING
                    TO THE EAST 3-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 74-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-8 MPH AFTER 1100 PDT...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 5-12 MPH AFTER 1500 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 2-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 4-10 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120821.CASCA.01/HNX