FNUS76 KSTO 181031
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR DOAKS...CAL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
314 AM PDT THU APR 18 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL BRING MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND
WARMING TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. A WAKENING
SURFACE GRADIENT WILL MEAN WINDS WILL BE MAINLY TERRAIN GENERATED
ALTHOUGH THE BURN AREA MAY SEE A LITTLE BREEZIER DOWNCANYON WINDS
THIS MORNING BEFORE THE GRADIENTS WEAKEN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-66.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST WINDS 1 TO 4 MPH THROUGH AROUND 0900
                    TURNING TO SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
                    GUSTS TO 12 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 1 TO 4 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 12
                    MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 MPH
                    WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 14 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-48.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BECOMING NORTHEAST AFTER ABOUT 2100 1 TO 4 MPH
                    WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........BECOMING NORTHEAST AFTER ABOUT 2100 1 TO 4 GUSTS
                    TO 8 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-70.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2 TO 5 AFTER ABOUT 0900
                    WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........BECOMING SOUTHWEST AFTER ABOUT 1000 2 TO 5 MPH
                    WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...CHARLIE BLANKENHEIM
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130418.DOAKS.01/STO

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