FNUS76 KSTO 040242
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTON FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
642 PM PST SAT DEC 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1000 PST ON DECEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE WEAKENING TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY ALLOWING
FOR A MODEST IMPROVEMENT IN HUMIDITY RECOVERY. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING SOUTHWARD OVER NEVADA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF DRY AND BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS...SIMILAR
TO SATURDAY.


.TODAY (SUNDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT IN THE MORNING...RISING TO 35-40
                    PERCENT BY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY
                    EVENING.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 1 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20 TO 28 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST UP TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING 8 TO
                    12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....25-30.
MAX HUMIDITY........RISING TO 40-44 PERCENT IN THE EVENING...AND THEN
                    LOWERING TO 20-25% BY EARLY MORNING.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO
                    20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 16 TO 20 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38-43.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST LESS THAN 5 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE MORNING DECREASING
                    TO 10 TO 17 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 1500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111203.COTTO.01/STO

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