FNUS76 KSTO 180245
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BOTTLE HILL...USFS - ELDORADO NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
645 PM PST TUE NOV 17 2009

#400-09

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON NOVEMBER 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT THAT MOVED ACROSS THE BURN SITE LAST NIGHT WILL BE MOVING
AWAY TO THE EAST AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
WINDS WILL DECREASE AND BECOME NORTHWEST TODAY...WITH LOWERING
HUMIDITY. MILD AND DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...BEFORE
A WETTER AND COLDER SYSTEM BRINGS RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE BURN
SITE ON FRIDAY...POSSIBLY INTO EARLY SATURDAY. THE RAIN SHOULD END
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH A WEAKER SYSTEM INCREASING CLOUD COVER
AGAIN ON SUNDAY.

.TODAY /WEDNESDAY/...

SKY/WEATHER.........A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING
                    THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-54.
MIN HUMIDITY........58-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 3 TO 8
                    MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST TO NORTH 10 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO
                    5 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST TO NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH EARLY EVENING BECOMING EAST
                    LESS THAN 4 MPH OVERNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 2 TO
                    5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO
                    7 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH LESS THAN 5 MPH INCREASING
                    TO 6 TO 14 MPH LATE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST BECOMING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.FRIDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN. LOWS 35 TO 45. HIGHS 45 TO 55. SOUTH WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH...GUSTS 20 TO 30 MPH OVER RIDGES.
.SATURDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS 25 TO 35. HIGHS IN THE
40S. EAST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
.SUNDAY...
MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE 30S. HIGHS 45 TO 55. LIGHT WINDS.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN EBERT
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091118.BOTTL.01/STO

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