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FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR 13...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
417 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1705 PDT ON MAY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING ARE FORECAST TO DROP OFF QUICKLY
LATER THIS MORNING AS PRESSURE GRADIENTS RELAX. BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THIS AREA SHOULD SEE A REVERSAL OF WINDS TO THE WEST. VERY
LOW HUMIDITY THIS MORNING WILL COME UP A BIT DURING THE MID MORNING
HOURS THEN DROP OFF IN THE WARMER AFTERNOON HOURS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT EARLY THIS MORNING COMING UP TO
                    AROUND 30% BY MID MORNING THEN DROPPING TO 14 TO
                    18% BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15
                    MPH DECREASING BY LATE MORNING TO 1 TO 5 MPH
                    BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON 2 TO 5
                    MPH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 10 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH DECREASING BY MID MORNING
                    TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH THEN TURNING TO WEST TO
                    NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6000-7000 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHERLY 10 TO 15 MPH.


FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...JESSE GREY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130501.13___.01/STO

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