FNUS76 KSTO 012209
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR CEDAR...CAL FIRE BUTTE UNIT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
307 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1433 PDT ON MAY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING
ABOVE NORMAL AND NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT WITH A GOOD EASTERLY
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH A SURFACE HIGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN.
ALTHOUGH THE WINDS SHOULD BE A LITTLE LOWER THAN THIS MORNING SINCE
THE GRADIENT IS WEAKER THAN THIS MORNING. POOR OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....73-78.
MIN HUMIDITY........5-10 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....BREEZY. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH.
                    GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST 12 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....46-51.
MAX HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS 15 TO 22 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST 18 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80-85.
MIN HUMIDITY........5-10 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS
                    UP TO 30 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40
                    MPH THEN DECREASING TO 8 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.


FORECASTER...HSO
REQUESTED BY...TIM PERSON
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130501.CEDAR.01/STO

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