FNUS76 KSTO 020702 FWSSTO SPOT FORECAST FOR 306...CAL FIRE TGU NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 1201 AM PDT THU MAY 2 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2307 PDT ON MAY 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THE NORTHERLY WINDS FROM EARLIER TODAY SHOULD REMAIN MUCH LIGHTER THROUGH THE NIGHT ALTHOUGH WINDS ALOFT WILL REMAIN BREEZY. HUMIDITY IS QUITE LOW AND DO NOT EXPECT VALUES TO CLIMB OUT OF THE TEENS THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL PICK UP A BIT IN THE MORNING AFTER SUNRISE BUT NOT VERY STRONG. THE HIGHEST HUMIDITY TODAY WILL OCCUR AROUND 0900 THEN DROP AGAIN INTO THE AFTERNOON. BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WINDS SHOULD CALM TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. PATCHY SMOKE THROUGH THE NIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-60. MAX HUMIDITY........14-18 PERCENT BUT CLIMBING AFTER SUNRISE TO AROUND 25 TO 30% BY MID MORNING. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTH WINDS 1 TO 5 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 10 MPH INCREASING SLIGHTLY AFTER SUNRISE. RIDGETOP.........NORTH TO NORTHEAST 3 TO 5 GUSTS TO 15 MPH INCREASING SLIGHTLY AFTER SUNRISE. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY SMOKE IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....82-85. MIN HUMIDITY........DROPPING TO AROUND 14 TO 18% BY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTH WINDS 1 TO 5 GUSTS TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING DECREASING AFTER NOON BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP.........NORTH WIND 2 TO 5 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15 MPH DECREASING BY LATE MORNING BECOMING NORTH EAST 1 TO 5 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. FORECASTER...SMITH REQUESTED BY...FC ANDREW EMERICK REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130501.306__.01/STO $$