FNUS76 KSTO 100147
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR MATHER HAND PILES...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
547 PM PST TUE NOV 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON NOVEMBER 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

#372-10

.DISCUSSION...
LINGERING SHOWERS WILL DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY
AS A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST. NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL PICK UP IN THE AFTERNOON AND WILL INCREASE AND BECOME MORE
EASTERLY AND GUSTY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. LIGHTER
WINDS ALONG WITH DRIER AND MILDER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST BY
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.


.TODAY (WEDNESDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. LINGERING SCATTERED RAIN OR
                    SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...DECREASING DURING
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING
                    NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4500-5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT IN THE EVENING THEN LOWERING
                    TO 45-50 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH.

.VETERANS DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4500 TO 5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
                    BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...FUELS 41
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101110.MATHE.01/STO

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