FNUS76 KSTO 140250
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR GROVELAND PILE BURN GRANITE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
650 PM PST SUN NOV 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON NOVEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL CAUSE MILD AND DRY
CONDITIONS OVER THE BURN SITE TODAY (MONDAY) THROUGH TUESDAY.
THE NORTHWEST FLOW IS MODERATELY STRONG ALOFT...AND THIS COULD
CAUSE BREEZY CONDITIONS OVER HIGHER RIDGE TOPS. HIGH CLOUDS OVER
THE AREA WILL SHIFT NORTHWARD DURING THE DAY TODAY...WITH LESS
CLOUDINESS AND A LITTLE WARMER TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY.



.TODAY (MONDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........48-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 4 TO
                    7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE MORNING DECREASING
                    TO 12 TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 2000 TO 2500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST UP TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST THEN
                    NORTHWEST DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........RISING TO 78-88 PERCENT IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    LOWERING TO AROUND 60 PERCENT BY MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH 12 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 20 TO
                    30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........42-47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 TO 3500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...GARY CONES
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111114.GROVE.01/STO

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