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SPOT FORECAST FOR HWY 120 PILE BURNING...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
752 PM PDT WED APR 20 2011

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FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MOVING OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AND
THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL BE THIS MORNING. THERE IS JUST A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AS UPSLOPE FLOW WILL
CONTINUE. AFTER PASSAGE OF THE UPPER TROUGH LATER TODAY...WEAK
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE BURN SITE FOR DRY WEATHER
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.TODAY (THURSDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...DECREASING TO JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........65-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................40 PERCENT THIS MORNING...20 PERCENT THIS
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH TO NORTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...FUELS 41
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110421.HWY12.01/STO

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