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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG PINES...USFS ANF SCMRRD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
549 PM PST THU FEB 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON FEBRUARY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...

.DISCUSSION...A LINGERING PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS
OF RAIN AND SNOW...ALONG WITH THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS...
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL THIS EVENING WILL START
OUT AT 6000 FEET...THEN LOWER TO AROUND 4500 FEET BY FRIDAY
NIGHT. EXPECTED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET COULD BE UP TO
TWO FEET BY TIME THE STORM EXITS THE REGION LATE SATURDAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW IN THE EVENING...THEN WIDESPREAD
                    SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 25.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 18 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 40 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 31 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY WITH.
                    A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MIN HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 35 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 38 MPH.

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FORECASTER...DANIELSON
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT RANEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090206.BIGPI.01/LOX