FNUS76 KSTO 150451
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR HELLS HOLLOW PILE BURNING...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
851 PM PST MON FEB 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PST ON FEBRUARY 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A POTENT COLD FRONT AND WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA ON TUESDAY AND BRING HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND STRONG WINDS
TO THE BURN SITE LATE TUESDAY.  COLD UNSTABLE AIR BEHIND THIS SYSTEM
WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MIDDAY
WEDNESDAY AND DROP SNOW LEVELS AS LOW AS 2000FT MOVING INTO THE
EVENING.  HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN...MAINLY LATE IN THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 20 MPH.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 19 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    30 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MIN HUMIDITY........79-84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP
    TO 35 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH FROM THE
                    SOUTHSOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 16 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHSOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.


FORECASTER...DRP
REQUESTED BY...FUELS 41
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110215.HELLS.01/STO

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