FNUS76 KSTO 040052
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR READING...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
552 PM PDT FRI AUG 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1712 PDT ON AUGUST 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SATURDAY TO 5 PM PDT
SUNDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE BURN SITE FOR ONE LAST NIGHT
BEFORE CHANGES IN THE WEATHER PATTERN BEGIN SATURDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST WILL MOVE NORTH
TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
NEAR THE BURN AREA BEGINNING LATE AFTERNOON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING
THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO START OFF DRY...
THEN TRANSITION TOWARDS WETTER STORMS BY SUNDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX HUMIDITY........43-48 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-58.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....WEST WINDS UP TO 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING EAST 1 TO 3
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL
                    BY LATE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING EAST 2 TO 4 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING WEST 1 TO 3 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING WEST LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 BECOMING 2 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING WEST LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...TGD
REQUESTED BY...ERIC HENSEL
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120803.READI.01/STO

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