FNUS76 KSTO 070456
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR DOKES...AMADOR/ELDORADO UNIT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
856 PM PST TUE NOV 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON NOVEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACH
THE AREA TODAY AND MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL
BRING A LITTLE COOLING WEDNESDAY AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES
AND A THREAT OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS ON THURSDAY.
LIGHT PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING BUT THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION
WILL BE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE
ABOVE THE BURN AREA DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY BUT WILL
LOWER TO THE BURN AREA THURSDAY EVENING.  PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A HALF AN INCH WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE.

.TODAY (WEDNESDAY)...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67-72.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS
                    UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 7 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    20 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO
                    25 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.


FORECASTER...HSO
REQUESTED BY...CHARLIE BLANKENHEIM
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121107.DOKES.01/STO

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