FNUS76 KSTO 171249 FWSSTO SPOT FORECAST FOR MT HOWELL...CAL FIRE - NEU NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 549 AM PDT THU MAY 17 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 PDT ON MAY 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL PASS OVER THE AREA TODAY. IT IS LOOKING A BIT STRONGER THAN WE THOUGHT FROM YESTERDAY. IT WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER TODAY AND HUMIDITIES SHOULD BE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY LOWER FROM YESTERDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-79. MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.....LIGHT NORTH BECOMING SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH MID MORNING. RIDGETOP.........SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. FORECASTER... REQUESTED BY...ELSA HUCKS REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120517.MTHOW.01/STO $$