FNUS76 KSTO 140224
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR IRON TRAP RX...USFS, ELDORADO NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
724 PM PDT WED OCT 13 2010

#286-10

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE THAT WAS OVER THE AREA THIS WEEK WILL GRADUALLY
WEAKEN DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS RESULTING IN A COOLING TREND.
WINDS ALOFT WILL TURN FROM SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE
AS A TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. HUMIDITIES WILL
GRADUALLY INCREASE. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING MUCH COOLER...
BREEZIER AND POSSIBLY SHOWERY WEATHER ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 5 MPH EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 8500 TO 9500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 4 TO 9 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AT 5 MPH EARLY MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........52-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BECOMING EAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST TO EAST UP TO 5 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....BECOMING EAST AT 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO
                    10 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 8000-9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 44 TO 49. HIGHS 61 TO 66. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH.
.SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
PARTLY CLOUDY...COOL AND BREEZY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON SUNDAY...
POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO EARLY MORNING. LOWS 36 TO 44.
HIGHS 51 TO 58. EAST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY SOUTHWEST RIDGE WINDS
TO 30 MPH ON SUNDAY...AND GUSTY NORTHEAST RIDGE WINDS TO 30 MPH
ON MONDAY.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...AMY REID
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101014.IRONT.01/STO

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