FNUS76 KSTO 040007
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR EL DORADO COMPLEX - POLLOCK PINES...ELDORADO NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
407 PM PST SAT DEC 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1511 PST ON DECEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TONIGHT WITH A WEAKENING OF
THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT. ANOTHER WAVE DROPS INTO NEVADA WITH
THE TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY BRINGING A RETURN
OF THE STRONGER AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY BRINGING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE
BURN AREA.

.SUNDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO
                    10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000 FT AGL
                    AROUND NOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 20 TO 30 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-33.
MAX HUMIDITY........21-26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    25 MPH IN THE EVENING THEN INCREASING TO 18
                    TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 45
                    MPH IN THE EVENING THEN INCREASING TO 30 TO
                    40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL AROUND 6 PM.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 30 TO 40 MPH.

.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MIN HUMIDITY........5-11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 18 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    45 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    65 MPH DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO AROUND 1800 FT AGL AROUND NOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 40 TO 60 MPH DECREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

FORECASTER...HSO
REQUESTED BY...SYLVIANE OWENS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111203.ELDOR.02/STO

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