FNUS76 KSTO 100400
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR JENKINS RX...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
900 PM PDT FRI JUL 9 2010

#143-10

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON JULY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.


.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST WILL RESULT IN HOT AND DRY
WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE BURN SITE. WESTERLY OR UPSLOPE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO AFTERNOON.
CUMULUS BUILDUPS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA DURING THE
AFTERNOON...BUT SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PUSH THEM INTO NEVADA.

.TODAY (SATURDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. THUNDERSTORM TOPS WELL TO THE EAST OF
                    THE BURN SITE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....95-99.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 1 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    2 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING WEST 4 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
                    TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 TO 5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....WEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    EAST LESS THAN 3 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST LESS THEN 3 MPH.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...PAT LAENG
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100710.JENKI.01/STO

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