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FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PACIFIC PILE BURN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
616 PM PST THU NOV 12 2009

#391-09

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 PST ON NOVEMBER 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST WILL
MOVE RAPIDLY INLAND PASSING JUST TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF
THE BURN SITE. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY...LEADING TO
A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT. THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA ON SATURDAY LEADING TO
DRIER WEATHER ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL TODAY
AND SATURDAY.

.TODAY /FRIDAY/...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-44.
MIN HUMIDITY........38-44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....DRAINAGE OR EAST LESS THAN 3 MPH EARLY...
                    BECOMING UPSLOPE OR SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...AND SNOW SHOWERS LATER IN THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-34.
MAX HUMIDITY........83-93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....DRAINAGE OR EAST LESS THAN 5 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 20 MPH IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO
                    TO AROUND 5 MPH WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....DRAINAGE OR EAST LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 8 TO
                    15 MPH.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...ELDORADO NF
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091113.PACIF.01/STO

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