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SPOT FORECAST FOR BULLARDS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
500 PM PDT SUN SEP 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1615 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING WITH POOR
OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY POSSIBLE...

.DISCUSSION...DRY AND COOLER NORTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER
INTO THE REGION TONIGHT...AS A SYSTEM DIGS INTO THE GREAT BASIN.
THIS WILL BRING LOCALLY GUSTY NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS ACROSS THE
BURN AREA TONIGHT...ALONG WITH POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES.
OTHERWISE...EXPECT SLIGHTLY WARMER CONDITIONS OVER THE BURN AREA
TOMORROW...AS THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW TRANSITIONS TO MORE WESTERLY.
HOWEVER...ANOTHER TROUGH WILL DIG ALONG THE WEST COAST ON TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY...BRINGING UNSEASONABLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE BURN AREA BY WEDNESDAY.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
MAX HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTH WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 25
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST
                    12 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL FALLING TO NEAR THE SURFACE EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST.

.LABOR DAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-87.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH LOCAL
                    GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 3
                    TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST TO EAST 8 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS
                    UP TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5
                    TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR THE SURFACE INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL FALLING TO NEAR THE SURFACE EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH.

.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO
                    WEST 5 TO 11 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15
                    MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR THE SURFACE INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.


FORECASTER...PALMER
REQUESTED BY...ERIC PETTERSEN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100905.BULLA.01/STO

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