FNUS76 KSTO 231444
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTHFORK...STANISLAUS NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
644 AM PST TUE FEB 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON FEBRUARY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STORM OFF THE COAST IS SPREADING INCREASING CLOUDS OVER THE AREA
THIS MORNING. LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE BURN AREA
BY THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. GUSTY
WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE THIS EVENING
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. LINGERING SHOWERS EXPECTED ON
WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING OVERCAST. CHANCES
                    OF RAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASING
                    THROUGH THE REST OF DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47 TO 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 1 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    EARLY AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 4 TO 10 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTH AT 8 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 7 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    24 MPH.
CWR.................30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-3400 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AT
                    10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34 TO 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 10 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH 8 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................90 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45 TO 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...NOELLE JEANOR
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100223.SOUTH.01/STO

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