FNUS76 KSTO 302315
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG...CALFIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
415 PM PDT FRI SEP 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1524 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE IS EXITING THE AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW
PRESSURE TROUGH. THIS IS BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER
HUMIDITY LEVELS...AND THIS TREND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT THEN PICK
UP SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS THIS EVENING
SHOULD REMAIN TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE BURN AREA.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING'
                    BUT MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN TO THE SOUTH AND
                    EAST.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-50.
MAX HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....WEST SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH
                    IN THE EARLY EVENING BECOMING SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE
EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 14 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........32-42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST
                    5 TO 10 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 22 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 18 TO 23 MPH.


FORECASTER...EK
REQUESTED BY...ANN LOEFFLER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG
20110930.LONG_.01/STO

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