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SPOT FORECAST FOR BURST COMPLEX...USDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
725 PM PDT FRI SEP 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1833 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL BRING COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER DAYTIME HUMIDITY SATURDAY. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A THREAT
OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TO THIS AREA AND LIKE FRIDAY...
ANY THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTAIN RAINFALL. A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM
MOVING TOWARDS THE COAST WILL BRING STILL COOLER TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY
WITH CONTINUED HIGHER HUMIDITY. ANY THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL BE SHUNTED
EAST OF THIS AREA. SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE ON THE
INCREASE HOWEVER WITH WINDS BECOMING GUSTY ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH
                    WEST 5 TO 11 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......CLIMBING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7-12
                    MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........GREATER THAN 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....WEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 2 TO
                    5 MPH AFTER SUNSET.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 11 MPH TURNING TO SOUTHEAST 2-5 MPH
                    AFTER SUNSET.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO AROUND 1000 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15
                    MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 5000 FEET AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...BRENT KAISER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110923.BURST.01/STO

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