FNUS76 KSTO 050020
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR EL DORADO COMPLEX - POLLOCK...CAL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
420 PM PST SUN DEC 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1510 PST ON DECEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST
MONDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MOVING SOUTHWARD OVER NEVADA TONIGHT
BRINGING A RETURN TO DRY AND BLUSTERY NORTHEAST WINDS THAT
WILL LAST INTO MONDAY MORNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY LATER TONIGHT AND
INTO MONDAY. WINDS WILL DECREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT.
HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE AS THE NORTHEAST DOWNSLOPE WINDS
DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....31-36.
MAX HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT THIS EVENING...THEN LOWERING
                    TO 15-19 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTH WINDS 1 TO 6 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...
                    THEN BECOMING EAST 10 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 25 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TO 40 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 TO 1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH UP TO 5 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING
                    EAST AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 19 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 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 LOCAL
                    GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 1000 TO 1500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 15 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 6 TO 11 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 11 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-52.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 2
                    TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 1000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE UP TO 5 MPH.



FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...SYLVIANE OWENS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20111204.ELDOR.04/STO

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