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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASCADE...YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
947 PM PDT MON SEP 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1551 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL
BUILD WESTWARD INTO CALIFORNIA...KEEPING TEMPERATURES WARMER THAN
NORMAL AT THE FIRE THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK. CONDITIONS WILL
BE MAINLY DRY BUT AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM CAN NOT BE RULED OUT
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS SOME SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE MAY BE DRAWN
UP AROUND THE BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY
LIGHT AND DIURNALLY TERRAIN DRIVEN.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-7 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-11 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 2 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 6 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........43-47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING BELOW 500 FEET AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-26 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3-8 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 4000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 2 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 8 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.


FORECASTER...BAGNALL
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120903.CASCA.01/HNX