FNUS76 KHNX 230355
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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASCADE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
855 PM PDT WED AUG 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1639 PDT ON AUGUST 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO THE WEEKEND.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND AVERAGE THURSDAY WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY THEREAFTER. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE TERRAIN
INFLUENCED THROUGH THE PERIOD.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 71-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 30-35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING BECOMING WEST 2-5 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...
                    THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 4-9 MPH AFTER 1200
                    PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 3-7 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 50-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 60-65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-9 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 4-7 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST 2-5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 71-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 27-32 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    MORNING BECOMING WEST 2-5 MPH AFTER 0900 PDT...
                    THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 4-9 MPH AFTER 1200
                    PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 5-10 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120822.CASCA.01/HNX