FNUS76 KMTR 100010
FWSMTR

SPOT FORECAST FOR PONDEROSA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTEREY CA
510 PM PDT SUN AUG 9 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

...CONTINUED HOT AND DRY THROUGH MIDWEEK...

DISCUSSION...GUSTY EVENING WINDS WILL EASE BY 8 PM AS STRONG MIXING
DUE TO TODAYS INTENSE HEAT...EASES OFF. FOR TONIGHT AM EXPECTING VERY
POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVER THE FIRE AREA WITH MILD OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES. ON MONDAY TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ANOTHER FEW DEGREES
WITH CONTINUED DRYING OF THE RH VALUES. PREVAILING WIND DIRECTION ON
MONDAY WILL TURN SOUTHERLY (BLOWING TO THE NORTH) OVER THE RIDGES BUT
REMAIN LIGHT WITH LIGHT DIURNAL WINDS ALONG THE SLOPES.

NOTE: WINDS AT TUSI AIRBASE ARE ALMOST ALWAYS STRONGER AND GUSTIER IN
THE AFTERNOON THAN OBSERVED NEAR THE PONDEROSA CAMPGROUND.


FOR SUNDAY NIGHT
   SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR BUT HAZY.
   TEMPERATURE.........TEMPS IN THE 80S THIS EVENING AND THEN SLOWLY
                       COOLING INTO THE 60S BY MORNING.
   HUMIDITY............MAX 50 PCT BY MORNING ALONG N-F ROAD BUT
                       ONLY 30% HIGHER RIDGES OF THE FIRE.
   EYE LEVEL WIND......SOUTHWEST 5 MPH THIS EVEING BECOMING LIGHT
                       DOWNSLOPE 0-3 OVERNIGHT.
   CWR.................ZERO

OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY
   SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. HOTTER AND DRIER.
   TEMPERATURE.........HIGH 93 AT THE FIRE.
   HUMIDITY............MIN 25% SHADED RIPARIAN AREAS BUT
                       15% SUNNY AREAS ON THE SLOPES.
   EYE LEVEL WIND......LIGHT THEN AFTERNOON UPSLOPE 2-5 MPH
                       WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
   20 FOOT WIND........SOUTHERLY 5-10 MPH
   CWR.................ZERO

FORECASTER...R WALBRUN

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REQUESTED BY...JIM HARRIS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE