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SPOT FORECAST FOR CASCADE...YNP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
652 PM PDT TUE SEP 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1606 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION WILL BUILD WESTWARD INTO CALIFORNIA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS. THIS RIDGE...ALONG WITH A TROF OF LOWER PRESSURE OFF THE
CALIFORNIA COAST WILL HELP FUNNEL SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE OVER
YOSEMITE PARK. THEREFORE...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL
EXIST ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BEFORE THE UPPER LOW LIFTS INTO
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AS THE LOW LIFTS...THE FLOW ALOFT WILL
BECOME MORE WESTERLY...SHIFTING THE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WELL
TO THE EAST OF THE FIRE.

.TODAY (WEDNESDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-7 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 9000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED
                    SPRINKLES AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-7 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 2 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    UPSLOPE/UPCANYON 3-7 MPH AFTER 1000 PDT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO AROUND 8000 FEET AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...DS
$$REQUESTED BY...ANSLEY ROTHELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120904.CASCA.01/HNX