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SPOT FORECAST FOR PINECREST FIRE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
937 AM PDT MON AUG 23 2010

#194-10

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0818 PDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE FIRE SITE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS WITH WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES. EASTERLY PRESSURE
GRADIENTS WILL RESULT IN POOR NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY RECOVERY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-76.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-16 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 4
                    TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........41-46 PERCENT...POSSIBLY DURING EVENING THEN
                    LOWERING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....WINDS SHIFTING TO THE EAST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 5 TO
                    10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING DECREASING TO 3 TO 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...BRENT KAISER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100823.PINEC.02/STO

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