FNUS76 KSTO 140150
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PINECREST...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
650 PM PDT FRI AUG 13 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1754 PDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK UPPER LOW WILL APPROACH THE COAST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. MAIN EFFECT
WILL BE A SLIGHT COOLING...SLIGHTLY HIGHER HUMIDITY AND A BIT MORE
INSTABILITY. THE DECREASED STABILITY WILL RESULT IN SOME SCATTERED CUMULUS
OVER THIS AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON BUT SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED. MAY ALSO SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE IN RIDGETOP WINDS BUT SLOPE
WINDS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT AND LOCALLY PRODUCED.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MAX HUMIDITY........61-66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE 0-3 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 0-3 MPH AFTER ABOUT 2100.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DROPPING TO BELOW 500 FEET.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT EAST.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY IN THE MORNING WITH SCATTERED CUMULUS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE BECOMING UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH AFTER ABOUT
                    0900.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 1 TO 4 MPH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................NEAR 0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......CLIMBING TO 4000 TO 5000 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...BRENT KAISER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100813.PINEC.01/STO

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