FNUS76 KSTO 281308
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR GRINDSTONE 313 - PILES...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
445 AM PST WED NOV 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON NOVEMBER 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING ONTO THE COAST THIS MORNING WILL
BRING RAIN AND WINDS TO THE BURN AREA BY MID MORNING WITH LIGHT
SHOWERS POSSIBLE EVEN EARLIER. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SHOWERS BY MID AFTERNOON
AS THE FRONTAL SYSTEM PASSES TO THE EAST. AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF
AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE BURN AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL BE
INCREASING THIS MORNING AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE
ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM BRINGS MORE HEAVY RAIN AND WIND THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LATER THIS MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45-50.
MIN HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS INCREASING BY MID MORNING TO 08 TO 15
                    MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 40
                    MPH.
CWR.................100 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 500 FT INCREASING TO 3000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...JOE SEAN KENNEDY
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20121128.GRIND.02/STO

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