FNUS76 KSTO 241618
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SUMMIT...CA-LNF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
918 AM PDT WED APR 24 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0846 PDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS NEVADA AND NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA WILL CONTINUE DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE FIRE SITE TODAY.
EASTERLY WINDS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON
AS PRESSURE GRADIENTS RELAX. DRY CONDITIONS AND MUCH LIGHTER
WINDS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-68 HIGHER ELEVATIONS...68-73 LOWER
                    ELEVATIONS.
MIN HUMIDITY........11-15 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING UP TO 4500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 15-20 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39-44.
MAX HUMIDITY........38-43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST TO EAST 10 TO 15 MPH...DECREASING
                    TO UP TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 200-600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 12 TO 17 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    DECREASING TO 5 MPH BY OR AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........16-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    UP TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    UP TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 5500 TO 6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO WEST UP TO
                    5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...BRISTOW
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130424.SUMMI.01/STO

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