FNUS76 KSTO 301234
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAMSEY...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
534 AM PDT THU AUG 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1930 PDT ON AUGUST 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL BRING CONTINUED
WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TO THE FIRE AREA TODAY BUT A TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE DROPPING INTO THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL BRING A SLIGHT COOLING.
WINDS TODAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO WEDNESDAY TURNING TO SOUTHWEST BY LATE
MORNING. AS THE UPPER LOW PUSHES CLOSER TO THE COAST ON FRIDAY...
THE FIRE AREA WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN WINDS BUT ALSO MORE COOLING
AND HIGHER HUMIDITY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 2 TO 5 GUSTS TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER ABOUT 1000 5 TO 8
                    MPH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 GUSTS TO 9 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH AFTER 1000 WITH GUSTS TO 16
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7000 TO 8000 FT AGL
                    BY LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 TO 12 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....61-66.
MAX HUMIDITY........39 TO 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BECOMING EAST 2-5 MPH AFTER ABOUT 2100.
   RIDGETOP.........BECOMING 3 TO 7 MPH GUSTS TO 10 MPH AFTER ABOUT 2100.
CWR.................NEAR 0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO BELOW 500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST TO 8 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-83.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER ABOUT 1100 5 TO 9 GUSTS TO
                    13 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH AFTER 1100 WITH GUSTS
                    TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 7000 TO 8000 FT AGL
                    BY LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 14 MPH.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...SETH GREENE
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120829.RAMSE.02/STO

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