FNUS76 KSTO 140304
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SOUTH FORK UNIT 2...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
704 PM PST WED FEB 13 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON FEBRUARY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS TO THE BURN
SITE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDING ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND INTO NEVADA WILL BRING
THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTIER AND DRIER NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY MORNING RESULTING IN POORER HUMIDITY RECOVERY. WINDS SHOULD
DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.


.TODAY (THURSDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING
                    TO THE WEST TO NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH...
                    MAINLY EARLY MORNING AND AGAIN IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 1500 TO 2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST TO EAST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST TO NORTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...AARON SILVA
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130214.SOUTH.02/STO

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