FNUS76 KSTO 301722
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR ALDER TIMBER SALE...MENDOCINO NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
922 AM PST TUE NOV 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0935 PST ON NOVEMBER 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. LIGHT VARIABLE
WINDS ACROSS BURNSITE THIS MORNING WILL BECOME LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY
THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE INCOMING STORM WILL BRING
A CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION TO THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT WITH
RAIN/SNOW SPREADING SOUTHWARD ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVEL NEAR BURNSITE
AROUND 5300 TO 6000 FEET TODAY. PRECIPITATION CONTINUES INTO THE
WEEKEND AS ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS MOVE INTO OUR REGION. RH VALUES WILL
TREND WETTER AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........37-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....LIGHT & VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING LIGHT
                    SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY AT 3 TO 7 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT INCREASING TO 40 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...JBB
REQUESTED BY...AGUSTIN RODRIGUEZ
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101130.ALDER.01/STO

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