FNUS76 KSTO 022149
FWSSTO

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1430 PST ON DECEMBER 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL BE MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS NEVADA
TONIGHT BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF DRY...BLUSTERY WINDS. THIS
SYSTEM IS NOT AS STRONG AS THE PREVIOUS SYSTEM...BUT WILL STILL
RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT WINDS OVER THE FIRE SITE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
THE PARTIAL SHELTERING AT THE BURN SITE WILL REDUCE THE WIND
EFFECTS.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-37.
MAX HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH THIS EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    35 MPH BEFORE OR AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH THIS EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    35 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 300-700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 20 TO 25 MPH MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    25 MPH DECREASING TO 4 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    35 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO
                    25 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 2500-3000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...ALEC LANE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111202.RIDGE.01/STO

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