FNUS76 KSTO 011446
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
746 AM PDT WED AUG 1 2012

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHIPS...CAL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
736 AM PDT WED AUG 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0658 PDT ON AUGUST 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE FIRE AREA
THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS UNDER UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE. AFTERNOON
MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY GET DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AFTER
POOR NIGHTTIME HUMIDITY RECOVERY. UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT
HOWEVER SO WINDS WILL BE TERRAIN GENERATED. THE TRANSITION FROM
NIGHTTIME DOWNCANYON TO UPCANYON SHOULD OCCUR AROUND MID MORNING WITH
TRANSITIONS BACK TO DOWNCANYON BY LATE EVENING. INTERSECTING
DRAINAGES IN THIS AREA COMBINED WITH STRONG CANYON FLOW WILL
LIKELY CAUSE WIND EDDIES AND ERRATIC WINDS AT TIMES. NIGHTTIME
DOWNCANYON AND DAYTIME UPCANYON WINDS IN THESE STEEP CANYONS COULD BE
STRONGER THAN NORMALLY EXPECTED. NO MAJOR CHANGES ARE EXPECTED THE
NEXT FEW DAYS BUT MONSOON MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH COULD BRING A
THREAT OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....DOWNCANYON WINDS 3-5 GUSTS TO 12 MPH BECOMING
                    UPCANYON AFTER ABOUT 0900 5 TO 8 MPH GUSTS TO 15
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    AFTER ABOUT 1000 WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........30-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BECOMING DOWNCANYON AFTER ABOUT 2200 TO 5 MPH BUT
                    SOME GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN WIND PRONE AREAS.
   RIDGETOP.........BECOMING NORTHEASTERLY AFTER ABOUT 2300 TO 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91-96.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BECOMING UPCANYON AFTER ABOUT 0900 5 TO 8 MPH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER ABOUT
                    1000 WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...RANDY SMITH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE

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REQUESTED BY...RANDY SMITH
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE