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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASCADE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
800 PM PDT THU AUG 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1637 PDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS
THE AREA. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE
WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE TERRAIN INFLUENCED THROUGH THE PERIOD.


.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 23-28 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...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 6500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 51-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 52-57 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4-9 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2-5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 7-12 MPH IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO
                    THE NORTHEAST 4-9 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 70-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 20-25 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 4-8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 7000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 MPH.


FORECASTER...SANGER

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REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120823.CASCA.01/HNX