FNUS76 KSTO 211239
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAMSEY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
539 AM PDT TUE AUG 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1629 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TODAY. LIGHT
WINDS THIS MORNING BUT LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
CLOSER TO THE SIERRA CREST LATER TODAY. SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN RH VALUES
AND A GENTLE DROP IN TEMPERATURES AS THE TROUGH MOVES INLAND. HOWEVER...
OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES WILL STILL BE POOR AT THE FIRE SITE.
NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
WEEK WITH LIGHT-TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-90. (COOLER AT UPPER ELEVATIONS OF FIRE)
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....LIGHT WINDS AT 5 MPH OR LESS...BECOMING EAST/DOWNSLOPE WINDS
                    5 TO 8 MPH THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    6 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    POSSIBLE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 13 MPH THIS MORNING...SHIFTING TO
                    SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7000-8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-65. (COOLER AT UPPER ELEVATIONS OF FIRE)
MAX HUMIDITY........38-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST/UPSLOPE WINDS 5 TO 10 DURING EARLY EVENING
                    BECOMING EAST/DOWNSLOPE WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 7 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83-88. (COOLER AT UPPER ELEVATIONS OF FIRE)
MIN HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 6 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6700-8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.


FORECASTER...JBB
REQUESTED BY...JOHN LOMBRANA
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120820.RAMSE.01/STO

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