FNUS76 KSTO 291541
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIPS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
841 AM PDT SUN JUL 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0820 PDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER BURN SITE TODAY. WINDS WILL GENERALLY
BE TERRAIN DRIVEN AND SHOULD BECOME UPSLOPE BY MID MORNING.

NOTE:  FORECAST BASED ON CARPENTER RIDGE AND HUMBUG SUMMIT RAWS
WHICH ARE CLOSER IN PROXIMITY TO THE FIRE AND IN ELEVATION.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....UPSLOPE OR SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 7 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST UP TO 6 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 TO 4500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST UP TO 6 MPH THIS MORNING...AND
                    SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...KELLY JUNGWIRTH
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120729.CHIPS.01/STO

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