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FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SCOTT CREEK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
603 AM PDT FRI JUN 25 2010

#117-10

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 PDT ON JUNE 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING CAUSING
OVERCAST SKIES AND LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES. RADAR INDICATES AN
AREA OF RAIN MOVING NORTH AT ABOUT 20 MPH...WHICH SHOULD PASS THE
AREA BY 10 AM OR 11 AM. SKIES WILL THEN BECOME CLEAR TO PARTLY
CLOUDY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES EAST AND
OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA...POSSIBLY TRIGGERING CUMULUS CLOUDS AND A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH A WARMING TREND.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........OVERCAST WITH LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES LIKELY
                    IN THE MORNING...PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 5 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 7 MPH BY EARLY
                    AFTERNOON AND THEN NORTHWEST LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO
                    NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 2500 TO 3000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 4 TO 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO
                    10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH TO NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....DRAINAGE WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH EARLY BECOMING WEST
                    TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...EAST 5 TO 12 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AT 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...JASON WITHROW
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100625.SCOTT.01/STO

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