FNUS76 KSTO 201357
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR POWER PILES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
557 AM PST FRI NOV 20 2009

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR POWER PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
555 AM PST FRI NOV 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON NOVEMBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

#404-09

.DISCUSSION...
A PACIFIC COLD FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH WILL BRING WETTING
PRECIPITATION...STRONG GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND...AND COLDER
TEMPERATURES TODAY INTO TONIGHT. DRIER WEATHER DEVELOPS SATURDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING...POSSIBLY TURNING
                    TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. BECOMING WINDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48 IN THE MORNING...COOLING INTO THE UPPER
                    30S IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 30 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    ABOVE 80 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH 5-10 MPH INCREASING TO 10-20 MPH WITH LOCAL
                    GUSTS TO 35 MPH AFTER 10 AM.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 25-35 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 45 TO 55
                    MPH.
CWR.................90 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 5000 FT AGL IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
                    DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS
                    LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 28.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST 8-12 MPH IN THE EVENING WITH GUSTS TO
                    25 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 4-8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-2700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....VARIABLE 2-5 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH TO NORTHEAST TO 10 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE TO 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...PCH
REQUESTED BY...JASON WITHROW
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED

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REQUESTED BY...JASON WITHROW
REASON FOR REQUEST...UNDER THE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT FOR METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES (USFS, BLM, NPS, U