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FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR BULLARDS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1103 AM PDT MON AUG 30 2010

#209-10

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0856 PDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSING NORTH OF THE AREA WILL CAUSE SCATTERED
CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER THE FIRE SITE TODAY. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN WELL NORTH OF THE SITE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND
THE TROUGH AND THIS WILL BEGIN A WARMING AND DRYING TREND ON
TUESDAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST TONIGHT...
THEN TO THE WEST ON TUESDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE STRONG.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72-77.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 TO 6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST TO
                    EAST.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING EAST.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...KEN LARSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100830.BULLA.01/STO

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