FNUS76 KSTO 301213
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIPS...PNF DISPATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
513 AM PDT MON JUL 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2007 PDT ON JULY 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY PATTERN CONTINUES WITH TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS. STRONGEST WINDS
WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING WITH SOUTHWEST/UPSLOPE
FLOW. WARMER AND DRIER TREND FOR THE BURNSITE AS HIGH PRESSURE
STRENGTHENS THIS WEEK. POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES AROUND 50% OR LESS
AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES.

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.....98-103.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST/DOWNSLOPE WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING
                    TO THE SOUTHWEST/UPSLOPE 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH THIS
                    AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........LIGHT NE AROUND 5 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE HIGHER
                    ELEVATIONS AT BURNSITE.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT AFTER 7PM.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    25 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AFTER 8 PM.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....98-103.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6300-6900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...JBB
REQUESTED BY...CHIPS IC
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120729.CHIPS.02/STO

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