FNUS76 KSTO 231230
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR STEVE DEBENEDET...AMADOR/ELDORADO UNIT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
530 AM PDT MON APR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1818 PDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL LOW OFFSHORE GENERATING A THICKER MARINE LAYER WITH
SOUTHWESTERLY RIDGE WINDS AND INCREASED MOISTURE OVER THE BURN
AREA. MARINE STRATUS AND DRIZZLE COULD REACH TO NEAR HIGHWAY 49
LATE TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING GENERATING HIGH RH. IF
MARINE LAYER BECOMES THICK ENOUGH TONIGHT...CLOUDS WITH DRIZZLE
MAKE IT OVER BURN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH MARINE STRATUS JUST TO THE
    WEST.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68-73.
MIN HUMIDITY........55-60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....DOWNSLOPE WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
    4 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE IN
    THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH.


FORECASTER...JCLAPP
REQUESTED BY...STEVE DEBENEDET
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.STEVE.01/STO

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