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SPOT FORECAST FOR FAIRFIELD...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
404 PM PDT FRI AUG 14 2009

#196-09

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1520 PDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MOVING OVER THE FIRE SITE
TONIGHT...AND ACROSS NEVADA ON SATURDAY. THE TROUGH BROUGHT HIGHER
HUMIDITIES WHICH ALLOWED FOR AFTERNOON CUMULUS CLOUDS TO DEVELOP ON
FRIDAY AS THE SUN WARMED THE LAND. HOWEVER...DRIER AND WARMER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE TROUGH ON SATURDAY. NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY BUT WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY
LIGHT.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........SCATTERED CUMULUS DISSIPATING DURING THE EVENING
                    THEN BECOMING CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43
MAX HUMIDITY........60-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 5 TO 12 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST TO NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 TO 7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...TOM GARCIA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WFU
.TAG 20090814.FAIRF.01/STO

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