FNUS76 KSTO 121213
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR COLUSA WETLAND RX...U.S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
513 AM PDT THU MAY 12 2011

#93-2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MAY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING OVER THE BURN SITE THIS MORNING
AND MAY SHIFT WINDS FROM SOUTH TO NORTHWEST BRIEFLY AT TIMES.
HOWEVER...WINDS SHOULD THEN BECOMING VARIABLE DURING THE AFTERNOON
AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA AND WEAKENS.
UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS OFFSHORE ON FRIDAY WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY
FLOW OVER THE AREA BY AFTERNOON. THIS TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE
INLAND LATER IN THE WEEKEND CAUSING MUCH COOLER AND SHOWERY WEATHER.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PATCHY MORNING CLOUDINESS...OTHERWISE MOSTLY
                    SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    POSSIBLY BRIEFLY SHIFTING FROM THE NORTHWEST
                    3 TO 7 MPH THIS MORNING...THEN VARIABLE LESS
                    THAN 5 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 2000 TO 3000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........PRIMARILY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH
                    BUT MAY BE BRIEFLY NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH
                    THIS MORNING AS THE FRONT PASSES.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....VARIABLE UP TO 5 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NEARLY CALM WINDS EARLY...THEN BECOMING SOUTH
                    10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH LESS THAN 5 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO
                    14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...TONY ARENDT
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110512.COLUS.01/STO

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