FNUS76 KSTO 162347
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR STAR...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
447 PM PDT THU AUG 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1553 PDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG
AND TO THE EAST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA CREST THROUGH THIS EVENING...
FROM THE TAHOE AREA SOUTHWARD TO YOSEMITE...AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
AFFECT THE FIRE SITE TONIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE
WEATHER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...WITH AN INCREASE IN MONSOONAL MOISTURE
INCREASING THE CHANCES OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NEAR THE FIRE SITE. MOST STORMS WILL BE WET...
BUT ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE OUTSIDE THE RAIN
CORES. DRIER AND MORE STABLE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS ON
SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. CLOUD BUILDUPS TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    OF THE FIRE SITE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....65-70.
MAX HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH BECOMING NORTH TO
                    NORTHEAST UP TO 7 MPH BY AND AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO NEAR GROUND LEVEL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH THIS EVENING...
                    BECOMING EAST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY
                    CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-89.
MIN HUMIDITY........22-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS UP TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 5
                    TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
LAL.................3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 TO 3500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...SEAN MCGINNIS
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120816.STAR_.01/STO

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