FNUS76 KSTO 081239
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAZEL...ELDORADO NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
539 AM PDT WED AUG 8 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1712 PDT ON AUGUST 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WARMING AND DRYING TREND CONTINUES AT FIRE SITE AS HIGH PRESSURE
STRENGTHENS THROUGH THIS WEEK. DAYTIME RH VALUES WILL BE QUITE
DRY AND OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE POOR...AROUND 40 TO
50 PERCENT TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE AND DIURNALLY
TERRAIN DRIVEN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....98-103.
MIN HUMIDITY........6-11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....DOWNSLOPE/EAST WINDS DURING EARLY MORNING
                    UP TO 8 MPH BECOMING VARIABLE BY LATE MORNING.
                    WINDS WILL SHIFT TO UPSLOPE/WEST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OVERNIGHT WINDS
                    WILL TRANSITION TO DOWNSLOPE AGAIN AROUND
                    6 TO 12 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...JBB
REQUESTED BY...JARED PEPPERS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120807.HAZEL.02/STO

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