FNUS76 KSTO 141516
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR PINECREST FIRE...STANISLAUS NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
816 AM PDT TUE SEP 14 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0732 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
OVERALL WINDS WEAKEN TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. RH REACHES MIN DURING
MID AFTERNOON BEFORE GENERAL SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW INCREASES RH
BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THEN SLOPE FLOWS REVERSE AND
BRIEFLY LOWER RH BEFORE THEY REBOUND AGAIN IN THE MORNING. THIS
PATTERN WILL LIKELY REPEAT INTO THURSDAY, BUT WITH A LITTLE MORE
WIND. FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND TO HAVE INCREASED WINDS AS THE NEXT
TROUGH APPROACHES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT MID AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUAL
    INCREASE.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
    THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS
    TO 15 MPH AFTER 1200.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 MPH
    WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000-8000 FT
    AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO
    5500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........65-70 PERCENT EARLY EVENING. THEN DECREASE TO
    40-50 PERCENT NEAR MIDNIGHT BEFORE A GRADUAL
    INCREASE.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST 6 TO 9 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL
    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 6 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT MID AFTERNOON BEFORE GRADUAL
    INCREASE.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 4000
                    FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 MPH.


FORECASTER...JCLAPP
REQUESTED BY...SUMMIT FUM LEAD
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100914.PINEC.01/STO

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