FNUS76 KSTO 090028
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR KNIGHT...STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
528 PM PDT SAT AUG 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1500 PDT ON AUGUST 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...FIRE AREA WILL SEE MORE WARMING AND DRYING OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SLIDES
OVER THE AREA. SLIGHTLY BREEZIER NORTHEAST WINDS IN THE NIGHT AND
MORNING HOURS WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT WESTERLY IN THE AFTERNOONS.
HIGHER ELEVATIONS FARTHER EAST MAY SEE SOME CLOUDINESS MONDAY
AFTERNOON BUT THIS SHOULD NOT IMPACT THE FIRE AREA.

.TODAY (SUNDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81 TO 86.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 TO 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....DOWNCANYON 1-5 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING TURNING TO
                    WEST TO NORTHWEST AFTER ABOUT 0900 TO 2 TO 5 MPH
                    WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 2-5 GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    TURNING AFTER ABOUT 0900 TO WEST TO NORTHWEST 2 TO 5
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56 TO 61.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO AROUND 65 PERCENT
                    LOWER ELEVATIONS.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BECOMING DOWNCANYON AFTER ABOUT 2100 TO 1 TO 5 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........TURNING TO NORTHEAST 2-5 OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 12 MPH
                    AFTER ABOUT 2100.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. SOME SCATTERED CLOUDS TO THE EAST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82 TO 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........17 TO 21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST AFTER ABOUT 0900 TO
                    2 TO 5 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH WITH
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.

FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...WENDY FLANNERY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090808.KNIGH.01/STO

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