FNUS76 KSTO 200117
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR 130 INC...CAL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
617 PM PDT SAT MAY 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON MAY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE AREA WILL RESULT IN WARM AND DRY
CONDITIONS FOR THE BURN ON SUNDAY. THE RIDGE AXIS WILL BE SHIFTING
INTO THE GREAT BASIN AS AN UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE CALIFORNIA
COAST SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY LEADING TO A COOLING TREND FOR MONDAY.
THE APPROACHING TROUGH WILL ALSO INCREASE ONSHORE FLOW RESULTING IN
SEVERAL HOURS OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS LATE IN THE DAY AND INTO
SUNDAY EVENING.


.TODAY (SUNDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-45 PERCENT AT 0900 LOWERING TO
                    14-19 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 7 MPH AND 10 TO 15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH AFTER 4 PM UNTIL 7 PM.

.TONIGHT (SUNDAY NIGHT)...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
MAX HUMIDITY........RISING TO 76-81 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH AFTER 7 PM...
                    AND THEN NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...FIRE CAPTAIN HEWLETT
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120520.130IN.02/STO

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