FNUS76 KSTO 200133
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SILVER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
633 PM PDT SAT SEP 19 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR SILVER...USFS/PLUMAS N.F>
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
619 PM PDT SAT SEP 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1732 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

#234-09

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 5 PM PDT
TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA DURING
THE DAY ON SATURDAY...AND BROUGHT COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER
DEWPOINTS TO THE AREA. THE COOLER TEMPERATURES OFFSET THE LOWERING
DEWPOINTS SO RELATIVELY HUMIDITIES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE FROM
YESTERDAY. WESTERLY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON WERE ABOUT THE SAME
AS YESTERDAY AS WELL.

THE WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC BUILDS OVER THE AREA.
SURFACE GRADIENTS ARE FORECAST TO TURN MORE NORTH TO NORTHEAST
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING CAUSING NORTH TO NORTHEAST
WINDS. MODERATE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...BUT
STRONGER DRYING WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
RESULTING IN POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY AND LOW DAYTIME HUMIDITIES
ON MONDAY. THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY AND LOCALLY GUSTY
WINDS AND WILL RESULT IN THE LIKELIHOOD OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........56-62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EARLY
                    EVENING...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST THEN
                    EAST UP TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH THIS EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BY MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL LOWERING TO GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    BY LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 TO 5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...DEDE KOLEK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE

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REQUESTED BY...DEDE KOLEK
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE