FNUS76 KSTO 030159
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTON FIRE...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
559 PM PST FRI DEC 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1707 PST ON DECEMBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
...AN UPPER LOW WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS NEVADA FRIDAY NIGHT
AND INTO SATURDAY BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF EASTERLY TO
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS TO THE WEST SLOPE OF THE SIERRA. THIS SYSTEM
WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM...BUT WILL STILL
RESULT IN BREEZY CONDITIONS. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...BECOMING LIGHT BY SUNDAY. CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....36-41.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
     30 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE
    AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS IN THE MORNING HOURS.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 15 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
                    STRONGEST WINDS IN THE MORNING HOURS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....27-32.
MAX HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 11 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO 500
                    FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 11 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTH WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...
REQUESTED BY...KELEN BROWN
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111202.COTTO.01/STO

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