FNUS76 KSTO 061706
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOURGRASS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1006 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0934 PDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WARMING TREND IS UNDERWAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.
HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BURN SITE THROUGH AT
LEAST NEXT WEEKEND. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FAIRLY LIGHT AND
TERRAIN-DRIVEN...WITH DOWNSLOPE WINDS OVERNIGHT AND SOUTHWEST IN
THE AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE MODERATE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....89-94.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH INCREASING TO 3 TO 7
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....WEST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH BECOMING EAST 1 TO 3 MPH
                    BY LATE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL
                    BY LATE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING EAST 2 TO 4 MPH
                    BY LATE EVENING.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    3 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL
                    BY LATE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...TGD
REQUESTED BY...KENDALL JEWETT
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120806.SOURG.02/STO

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