FNUS76 KSTO 120017
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PINECREST...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
517 PM PDT WED AUG 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1621 PDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA HAS BROUGHT COOL CONDITIONS WITH
ABOVE NORMAL HUMIDITY LEVELS. THIS SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE AREA TOMORROW
BRINGING A WARMING AND DRYING TREND. LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL PEAK BY EARLY EVENING AND THEN BECOME DOWNSLOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
EXPECT LIGHTER TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS ON THURSDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........62-67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH
                    THEN DECREASING AND BECOMING VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH
                    BY AROUND 10 PM THEN BECOMING DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 MPH.


FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...SUMMIT FUM LEAD
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100811.PINEC.01/STO

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