FNUS76 KSTO 041306 FWSSTO SPOT FORECAST FOR SUN ROCK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 606 AM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. SPOT FORECAST FOR SUN ROCK...ELDORADO NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 554 AM PDT SAT AUG 4 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 AUGUST 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT SUNDAY... .DISCUSSION...A WEAK DISTURBANCE ROTATING NORTHWARD THROUGH THIS REGION COMBINED WITH MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THIS AREA BEGINNING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY. LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. IN THE ABSENCE OF THUNDERSTORM DOWNDRAFTS, WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT AND LOCALLY GENERATED. CLOUD COVER WILL BRING SOME COOLING TODAY WITH A MOISTER AIRMASS BRINGING UP HUMIDITY SOMEWHAT. DESPITE LACK OF RAINFALL, ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND ERRATIC WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-91. MIN HUMIDITY........18-24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.....VARIABLE WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH AFTER ABOUT 0900. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP.........VARIABLE WINDS TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER ABOUT 0900 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................6. FORECASTER...SMITH REQUESTED BY...JARED PEPPERS REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED $$ REQUESTED BY...JARED PEPPERS REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE