FNUS76 KSTO 291237
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR MI-WOK PILE BURN PLAN...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
537 AM PDT FRI OCT 29 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON OCTOBER 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

#243-10

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONTAL BAND ASSOCIATED WITH AN OFFSHORE UPPER LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN WEST OF THE BURN AREA TODAY. THEREFORE...
THE BURN AREA WILL REMAIN DRY TODAY BUT CLOUDS WILL BE INCREASING. WINDS
WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTH TODAY AS AIR CIRCULATES AROUND THE OFFSHORE
LOW. AS THIS LOW KICKS INLAND TONIGHT...RAIN WILL PUSH INLAND WITH RAIN
LIKELY IN THE BURN AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 2-5 MPH TURNING TO SOUTHWEST
                    AFTER ABOUT 1000. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 10 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 2-5 GUSTS TO 11 MPH TURNING TO SOUTHWEST
                    AFTER ABOUT 1000 WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................ONLY ABOUT 10 PERCENT DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........GREATER THAN 90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....TURNING SOUTHEAST TO EAST AFTER SUNSET 2-5 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........TURNING SOUTHEAST AFTER SUNSET 2-4 GUSTS TO 12
                    MPH.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...ANNA PAYNE
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101029.MIWOK.01/STO

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