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FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY CREEK TRAINING BURN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
644 AM PDT FRI MAY 29 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE,
CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY CREEK TRAINING BURN...OTHER-LOCAL/COUNTY/CITY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
604 AM PDT FRI MAY 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 PDT ON MAY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
PERSISTENT RIDGE WILL CONTINUE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE CONTENT
OVER THE AREA. AREA BECOMING UNSTABLE NEAR THE SURFACE AGAIN
TODAY...BUT DO NOT EXPECT ANY CUMULUS NEAR THE BURN AREA. DISTANT
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE UPPER FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER SIERRA THIS
AFTERNOON WILL GENERATE HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE BURN AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL KEEP ANVIL CIRRUS
OVER THE SIERRA SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE IN THE
    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING SOUTH
    6 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING BECOMING MOSTLY
    CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT SOUTHEAST UP TO 3 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL IN THE
    EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING THEN DECREASING
    TO 5 TO 8 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING SOUTH
    6 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH.


FORECASTER...J CLAPP
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL BRADFORD
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED

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REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL BRADFORD
REASON FOR REQUEST...STATE, TRIBAL OR LOCAL FIRE AGENCY WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH A
FEDERAL PARTICIPANT IN THE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT FOR METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES.