FNUS76 KSTO 191051
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR IRON TRAP RX BURN...USFS, ELDORADO NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
351 AM PDT MON OCT 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

#286-09

.DISCUSSION...
A PACIFIC STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH TODAY INTO TONIGHT BRINGING
SOME WETTING PRECIPITATION AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND OVER
RIDGES. CHANCE OF SHOWERS TONIGHT THEN DRIER AND WARMER TUESDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE MORNING WITH
                    RAIN LIKELY BY THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL AROUND
                    7500 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........53-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WIND 2-5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 7 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800-4900 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1600
                    FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 11 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...DIMINISHING
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING EAST 1-3 MPH
                    AFTER 10 PM.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST 4-9 MPH.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 6 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST 1-3 MPH BECOMING WEST 1-3 MPH AFTER 11 AM.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST AROUND 9 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700-5400 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 3200 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 9 MPH.


FORECASTER...PCH
REQUESTED BY...MIKE BECKETT
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091018.IRONT.01/STO

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