FNUS76 KSTO 070407 FWSSTO SPOT FORECAST FOR CALAVERAS NORTH GROVE...OTHER-LOCAL/COUNTY/CITY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 807 PM PST TUE NOV 6 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON NOVEMBER 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACH THE AREA TODAY AND MOVES INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING A LITTLE COOLING WEDNESDAY AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS ON THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE OVER THE RIDGES. LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING BUT THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE AROUND THE BURN ELEVATION FOR POSSIBLE RAIN/SNOW MIX AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRECIPITATION AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY THURSDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A HALF AN INCH WITH AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. .TODAY (WEDNESDAY)... MIN HUMIDITY........23-28 PERCENT. RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 7 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .THURSDAY... MIN HUMIDITY........49-54 PERCENT. RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 18 TO 28 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MORNING. CWR.................60 PERCENT. FORECASTER...HSO REQUESTED BY...GEORGE GRAY REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121106.CALAV.01/STO $$