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FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CALAVERAS DISTRICT PILES...STANISLAUS NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
754 AM PDT THU APR 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES THROUGH TODAY BRINGING SHOWERS WITH WETTING
RAIN TO THE BURN AREA AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TODAY. SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY FOR WARMER AND DRY WEATHER.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP
                    TO 20 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 12 TO 22 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO NEAR 4500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 12 TO 22 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-40.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST  5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-61.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS
                    UP TO 22 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.


FORECASTER...HSO
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT CONES
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120426.CALAV.01/STO

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