FNUS76 KSTO 231238
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRIZZLY FLAT FIRE STATION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
538 AM PDT WED JUN 23 2010

#110-10

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON JUNE 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COUPLE OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS WILL MOVE OVER THE BURN SITE DURING
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE FIRST TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA
THIS MORNING. HIGH CLOUDS WILL DECREASE BY MIDDAY AND WINDS WILL
TURN SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE. HIGH CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY AS THE SECOND TROUGH MOVES OVER THE AREA.
THE SECOND TROUGH WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE BURN SITE
ALONG WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS SIMILAR TO TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........OCCASIONAL HIGH CLOUDINESS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 5 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 11 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........OCCASIONAL HIGH CLOUDINESS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........69-74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 5 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN
                    5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO
                    8 TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...DAVE PEREIRA
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100623.GRIZZ.01/STO

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