FNUS76 KSTO 091655
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR JORDAN...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
955 AM PDT FRI JUL 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON JULY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER
SIERRA INTO THE WEEKEND EAST OF THE BURN AREA. THESE STORMS ARE
NOT LIKELY TO IMPACT THE BURN AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH T-STORM TOPS VISIBLE TO EAST
                    FROM RIDGETOPS SURROUNDING BURN AREA.
                                        TEMPERATURE.........81-83 AT IGNITION...MAX 91-93.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 15-20 PERCENT
                    AT MAX HEATING.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....WINDS EAST AT 1 TO 3 MPH AT IGNITION.
                    THEN BECOMING WEST 3 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    10 MPH BY 1200.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 9
                    MPH BY 1200.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS 1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO 9
                    MPH BY 1200.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLEAR.
                                        TEMPERATURE.........60-65.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....NORTHWEST WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST LATE IN THE EVENING.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 1
                    TO 3 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL DECREASING TO TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 2
                    TO 4 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE NORTHEAST 4 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.


FORECASTER...JCLAPP
REQUESTED BY...PAT LAENG
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100709.JORDA.01/STO

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