FNUS76 KSTO 142233
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAMSEY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
333 PM PDT TUE AUG 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1451 PDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS UNDER STRONG
HIGH PRESSURE. HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE A BIT BETTER TONIGHT THAN
THE LAST FEW NIGHTS WITH SOME MONSOONAL MOISTURE MOVING OVERHEAD.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE NEAR THE BURN SITE THIS
EVENING...POSSIBLY CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE IN THE FORECAST THE NEXT SEVERAL AFTERNOONS AS WELL. WINDS WILL
REMAIN DIURNALLY DRIVEN.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    BECOMING ISOLATED BY LATE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MAX HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    EAST 3 TO 7 MPH BY LATE EVENING.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH BECOMING EAST 3 TO 7 MPH BY
                    LATE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL BY
                    LATE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    EAST 3 TO 7 MPH BY LATE EVENING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90.
MIN HUMIDITY........17-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO
                    14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8000 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO
                    12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    EAST 3 TO 7 MPH BY LATE EVENING.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH BECOMING EAST 3 TO 7 MPH BY
                    LATE EVENING.
CWR.................20 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
LAL.................2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AGL BY
                    LATE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    EAST 3 TO 7 MPH BY LATE EVENING.

FORECASTER...TGD
REQUESTED BY...DAVE BARTLETT
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120814.RAMSE.01/STO

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