FNUS76 KSTO 191833
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PACIFIC PILE BURN...ELDORADO NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1033 AM PST THU NOV 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 PST ON NOVEMBER 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TODAY WILL BE A DRY AND MILD DAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OVER
THE BURN SITE. ON FRIDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA BRINGING RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND COLDER TEMPERATURES. AS
THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF FRIDAY NIGHT...IT MAY BE COLD ENOUGH
FOR SOME SNOW TO FALL OVER THE BURN SITE. RAIN/SNOW ENDS EARLY
SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST LESS THAN 3 MPH BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
                    2 TO 6 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........VARIABLE LESS THAN 4 MPH EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-95 PERCENT IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO
    20-30 PERCENT BY SUNRISE.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH RAIN BEGINNING AROUND NOON...THEN
    CHANGING TO SNOW IN THE EVENING. LIQUID
    RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM .50 TO 1.0 INCH WITH
    THIS WEATHER SYSTEM.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-49.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 30 PERCENT MID MORNING...RISING TO OVER
    90 PERCENT BY AFTERNOON AS RAIN FALLS.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 8 MPH EARLY...BECOMING SOUTH TO
    SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 16 MPH WITH
    GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 10 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
    MPH EARLY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15
    TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.


FORECASTER...JMC
REQUESTED BY...ELDORADO NF
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091119.PACIF.01/STO

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