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SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER HARRISON GULCH RX...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
602 AM PST THU FEB 21 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0915 PST ON FEBRUARY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL KEEP THE BURN AREA DRY THROUGH
FRIDAY ALTHOUGH HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL SPILL OVER THE RIDGE FROM TIME
TO TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM SLIGHTLY TODAY BUT OVERALL LITTLE
CHANGE IS EXPECTED. LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH A
SLIGHT DRYING. A SMALL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHING IN FROM THE WEST
WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH A LITTLE
HIGHER HUMIDITY. THERE IS A SLIGHT THREAT OF RAINFALL IN THIS AREA
LATE FRIDAY BUT LIKELY NOT UNTIL AFTER SUNSET.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MIN HUMIDITY........34-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING BECOMING NORTHWEST 1 TO
                    5 MPH AFTER ABOUT 1000.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH 2 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35.
MAX HUMIDITY........GREATER THAN 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHWEST WINDS 1 TO 5 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AND
                    VARIABLE AFTER ABOUT 1900.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTH 2 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 8 MPH.
CWR.................LESS THAN 10 PERCENT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....WEST WINDS 1 TO 5.
   RIDGETOP.........WEST 2 TO 5 GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...BRANDON TATLOW
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130221.UPPER.01/STO

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