FNUS76 KSTO 240604
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR ALDER SPRINGS 12...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1104 PM PDT SAT OCT 23 2010

#327-10

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN
AND STRONG WINDS TO THE BURN SITE TODAY. LINGERING SHOWERS ARE
POSSIBLE ON MONDAY WITH BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS.

.TODAY (SUNDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM
                    3.00 TO 3.50 INCHES FORECAST FROM SATURDAY
                    NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    50 MPH.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 2000 TO 2500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH BECOMING WEST 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 50 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LINGERING
                    LIGHT SHOWERS...AMOUNTS LESS THAN .10 INCH.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR THE GROUND...RISING TO 2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...NATHAN WHITE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101024.ALDER.01/STO

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