FNUS76 KSTO 040122
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR ENF WIND COMPLEX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
522 PM PST SAT DEC 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1900 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 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.....51-56.
MIN HUMIDITY........IMPROVING SATURDAY NIGHT TO 40-45% BY EARLY OR
                    SUNDAY MORNING...THEN LOWERING TO 30-35 PERCENT
                    SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH 10 TO 16 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    NORTHEAST 20 TO 28 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST TO EAST 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING '
                    BECOMING NORTH 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....29-34.
MAX HUMIDITY........34-39% PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........BREEZY. EAST 20 TO 26 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 20 TO 26 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE MORNING...DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST 20 TO 26 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING...DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 1500 TO 2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 20 TO 26 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...MATT JOHNSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111203.ENFWI.01/STO

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