FNUS75 KPUB 120036
FWSPUB

SPOT FORECAST FOR SANTA MARIA...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
636 PM MDT MON MAY 11 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN ISOLATED VERY LIGHT RAIN SHOWER WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...
THOUGH THESE WILL BE VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN...WITH CLEARING SKIES
TAKING PLACE LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE WITH WINDS SHIFTING AROUND TO A LIGHT
DOWNSLOPE NORTHEAST COMPONENT LATER THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA TOWARDS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING
CAUSING GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TO INCREASE.  BY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 38 MPH WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS
EXPECTED.  MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES COULD DROP INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS WITH CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH SHOULD
FUELS BE SUFFICIENTLY DRY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY(44 PERCENT). ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS UNTIL 2100.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35F.
MAX HUMIDITY........60-65 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8-15 MPH UNTIL 2000...THEN
                    NORTHEAST 4-8 UNTIL 0300...THEN SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY(35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-70F.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13 PERCENT.
20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    38 MPH.
LAL.................1.

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FORECASTER...TORGERSON
REQUESTED BY...PIDC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090511.SANTA.01/PUB