FNUS76 KSTO 270847
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR MOKEY BEAR...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
111 AM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON OCTOBER 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STRONG COLD FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE DROPPING INTO THE
GREAT BASIN TODAY BRINGING SOME SCATTERED CLOUDS AND MUCH
COOLER TEMPERATURES BUT ALSO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS. WIND GUSTS UP
TO 25 TO 30 MPH WILL BE LIKELY BY MID DAY TUESDAY ACROSS THE
RIDGETOPS. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY BUT LIKELY NOT
AS STRONG AS ON TUESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BRING DRYING TO THE
AREA AS WELL SO THIS AREA WILL SEE LOWER HUMIDITY THAN EXPERIENCED
OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38 TO 44.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 TO 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....LIGHT WINDS IN THE EARLY MORNING BECOMING NORTH
                    TO NORTHEAST 8 TO 15 MPH BY MID MORNING. GUSTS
                    UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH WINDS TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH BY MID MORNING
                    WITH LOCAL GUSTS 25 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 8000-9000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 22 TO 28.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 TO 70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25
                    MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
                    MPH.
CWR..................
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 TO 24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BREEZY. NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 17 WITH LOCAL
                    GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................NEAR 0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 5000 TO 6000 FEET.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...JASON WITHROW
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091027.MOKEY.02/STO

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