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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASCADE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
744 PM PDT FRI AUG 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1613 PDT ON AUGUST 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BRING A COOLER...DRIER AND MORE
STABLE AIRMASS INTO THE BURN AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
FROM LABOR DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD WESTWARD INTO CALIFORNIA. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE
NEAR NORMAL THROUGH SUNDAY THEN WARM TO MUCH ABOVE NORMAL BY TUESDAY.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 66-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 21-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 3000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8-11 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 50-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 38-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 4-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO AROUND 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 4 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 68-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 19-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...DUDLEY
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120831.CASCA.01/HNX