FNUS76 KSTO 051700 FWSSTO SPOT FORECAST FOR STAKE 16...STATE PARKS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 819 AM PST THU NOV 5 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0815 PST ON NOVEMBER 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA TODAY BRINGING GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. THE WINDS AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE BURN AREA FRIDAY MORNING BUT THE RAIN WILL PROBABLY NOT BE A WETTING RAIN. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH. RIDGETOP.........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH. RIDGETOP.........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN HUMIDITY........46-51 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH. RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. FORECASTER...HSO REQUESTED BY...GEORGE GRAY REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091105.STAKE.01/STO $$