FNUS76 KMTR 191717
FWSMTR

SPOT FORECAST FOR MSC CONTROL BURN...SANTA ROSA FIRE DEPT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
1017 AM PDT SUN AUG 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MARINE LAYER TO SET UP BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500 FEET INTO MONDAY THEN SHOULD
DEEPEN MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AHEAD OF A WEAK PACIFIC TROUGH. EXPECTING
GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY BELOW THE MARINE LAYER THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME DRYING
AND WARMING EXPECTED LATER IN THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENS OVER
INLAND AREAS AND ONSHORE FLOW DECREASES SOMEWHAT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH PATCHY FOG THEN BECOMING SUNNY BY 1100 PDT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH.
MARINE LAYER........1200 FT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR THEN BECOMING CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY FOG AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING LIGHT BY MIDNIGHT.
MARINE LAYER........1500 FT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING SUNNY BY 1100 PDT. PATCHY FOG IN THE
                    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
MARINE LAYER........1500 FT.

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FORECASTER...KBB
REQUESTED BY...CAPT FLOOD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120820.MSCCO.01/MTR
.EMAIL KFLOOD@SRCITY.ORG,JTHOMAS@SRCITY.ORG