FNUS76 KSTO 180011
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PINECREST FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
511 PM PDT TUE AUG 17 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR PINECREST FIRE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
508 PM PDT TUE AUG 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1635 PDT ON AUGUST 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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.DISCUSSION...
COOLER WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LOW
MOVES THROUGH...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    11 MPH DECREASING TO 2 TO 5 MPH AFTER 9 PM.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...WEST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS
                    TO 15 MPH AFTER 9 PM.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER DARK.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST LATE
                    EVENING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST
                    AFTER 10 AM AND INCREASING 3 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER 10 AM AND INCREASING 10
                    TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 5500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51
MAX HUMIDITY........58-63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH EARLY
                    EVENING THEN SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH LOCAL
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING BELOW 1000 FT AGL AFTER DARK.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH BECOMING EAST AROUND 8 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.


FORECASTER...PCH
REQUESTED BY...GREG COX
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED

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REQUESTED BY...GREG COX
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE