FNUS76 KSTO 300327
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR KNIGHT...STANISLAUS NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
827 PM PDT WED JUL 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1912 PDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

#147-09

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUING OVER THE REGION WILL MEAN
ONLY MINOR CHANGES IN THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH THURSDAY.
THUNDERSTORMS STAYED WELL EAST OF THE AREA TODAY. STABILITY AND
MOISTURE CHARACTERISTICS WILL BE SIMILAR ON THURSDAY SO AT THIS
POINT WE DO NOT EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FIRE AREA THURSDAY.
WINDS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY LOCALLY DRIVEN WITH OVERNIGHT
HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN THIS MORNING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....68-71.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 45 TO 50 PERCENT HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND
                    50 TO 55 PERCENT LOWER ELEVATIONS.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....TURNING AFTER ABOUT 2100 TO DOWNCANYON 0-2 GUSTS
                    TO 7 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........TURNING AFTER ABOUT 2100 TO NORTHEAST 3-6 OCCASIONAL
                    GUSTS TO 11 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DROPPING TO BELOW 500 FEET.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 4 T0 8 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. VALLEY INVERSIONS BREAKING AFTER
                    ABOUT 1000.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90 TO 95.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 TO 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....LIGHT DOWNCANYON IN THE MORNING TURNING AFTER ABOUT
                    0900 TO UPCANYON 3-8 GUSTS TO 11 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........TURNING AFTER ABOUT 0900 TO WEST 4 TO 8 WITH OCCASIONAL
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................NEAR 0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING AFTER ABOUT 1000 CLIMBING TO AROUND 5000
                    FEET BY LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER ABOUT 0900.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...BYRON KIMBALL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090729.KNIGH.02/STO

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