FNUS76 KSTO 151334
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR ALDER SPRINGS PILE BURN...MNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
515 AM PST THU NOV 15 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON NOVEMBER 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA REMAINS
UNDER AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING
WILL BE INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON AS A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. A THREAT OF LIGHT RAINFALL WILL EXIST
TONIGHT WITH RAIN LIKELY ON FRIDAY AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVES
ONSHORE. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH THE REGION BRINGING A
CONTINUED THREAT OF RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER STRONGER
SYSTEM WILL PUSH THROUGH NORCAL SATURDAY NIGHT BRINGING A PERIOD OF
HEAVIER RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS INTO SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....LIGHT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING BY LATE
                    MORNING TO 4 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........88-93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....DECREASING AFTER SUNSET BECOMING LIGHT EAST TO 4
                    MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHERLY 5 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BECOMING SOUTHEAST UP TO 4 TO 7 GUSTS TO 10 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHERLY 6 TO 15 MPH.
CWR.................90 PERCENT.

.SATURDAY...
RAIN. LOWS 42 TO 47. HIGHS 49 TO 54. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 GUSTS TO 15
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUNDAY...
CLOUDY WITH RAIN. LOWS 38 TO 43. HIGHS 46 TO 51. SOUTHWEST WINDS 4
T0 8 GUSTS TO 12 MPH.

FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...ADAM CORONADO
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121115.ALDER.01/STO

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