FNUS76 KSTO 311151
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR GOLDFINGERS...USDA ELDORADO NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
451 AM PDT THU MAY 31 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 PDT ON MAY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EXPECTING A LITTLE WARMING AND DRYING TODAY AS AN
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERS OVER THE WESTERN U.S. HUMIDITY
MINIMUMS COULD DROP BY 5 PERCENT FROM WEDNESDAY OR TO AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT
IN THIS AREA. LIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENTS SHOULD KEEP WINDS MAINLY SLOPE
AND VALLEY GENERATED THROUGH FRIDAY ALTHOUGH UPVALLEY WINDS COULD
BE SLIGHTLY INCREASED ON FRIDAY AS THE UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO SHIFT
EASTWARD.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88.
MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....MAINLY EAST WINDS 1 TO 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    AFTER ABOUT 0900.
   RIDGETOP.........LIGHT NORTH TO 4 MPH BECOMING MAINLY SOUTHWEST 2
                    TO 5 MPH BY LATE MORNING. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4000-5000 FT AGL BY LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........MAINLY SOUTHWEST TO 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-62.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BECOMING DOWNCANYON 1 TO 4 MPH AFTER ABOUT 2100.
   RIDGETOP.........BECOMING LIGHT NORTH TO 4 MPH AFTER ABOUT 2100.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO BELOW 500 FEET AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 1-5 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. SCATTERED CUMULUS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 1 TO 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    AFTER ABOUT 0900.
   RIDGETOP.........BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH WITH
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4000-5000 FT AGL BY LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...JASON WITHROW
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120531.GOLDF.01/STO

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