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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASCADE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
700 PM PDT SAT AUG 25 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1719 PDT ON AUGUST 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL BRING COOLER
TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH BREEZY WIND CONDITIONS OVER THE BURN SITE
ON SUNDAY. WHILE THESE CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE TROUGH WILL EXIT THE DISTRICT ON MONDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A
RETURN OF WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WITH TERRAIN INFLUENCED WINDS.
THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN DRY WITH NO CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE 4-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH AFTER
                    1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 14-18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 21 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-52 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-6 MPH UNTIL 2100 PDT...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTERWARD.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 11-14 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 700 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........19-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH AROUND 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 9-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...MOLINA

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REQUESTED BY...MEREDITH WENDT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120825.CASCA.01/HNX