FNUS76 KSTO 041344
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR DOCUMENTARY TRAINING BURN...CAL FIRE-CFA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
644 AM PDT THU AUG 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON AUGUST 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL
BRING BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY BUT ALSO A LITTLE COOLER TEMPERATURES
AND HIGHER HUMIDITY. COASTAL STRATUS HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO THE SOUTHERN
SACRAMENTO VALLEY THIS MORNING BUT WILL LIKELY NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
ON THE BURN AREA. THE TRANSITION TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR BY BURN TIME
THIS MORNING AND REMAIN SOUTHWEST TO WEST THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SOME SCATTERED MORNING LOW CLOUDS TO THE
                    WEST AT IGNITION.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87-92. (70-74 AT IGNITION.)
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT. (55-65% AT IGNITION)
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 1-5 GUSTS TO 10 MPH TURNING TO SOUTHWEST
                    AFTER ABOUT 0800 4-8 GUSTS TO 12 MPH. GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 2-5 GUSTS TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6-8
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...BILL BAXTER
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110804.DOCUM.01/STO

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