FNUS76 KSTO 180425
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PACIFIC PILE BURN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
825 PM PST TUE NOV 17 2009

#399-09

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 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.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....44-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST LESS THAN 3 MPH EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 2 TO 7 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST TO NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................30 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST LESS THAN 3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO
                    20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...ELDORADO NF
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091118.PACIF.01/STO

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