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SPOT FORECAST FOR POWER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
506 PM PDT SAT AUG 10 2013

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SPOT FORECAST FOR POWER...SOCAL TEAM 2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
506 PM PDT SAT AUG 10 2013

UPDATED...

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1308 PDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH INTO THE PACIFIC NW AS DRIER
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT FLOW OVER THE SIERRA RIDGES. SLIGHT
WARMING AND DRYING TREND BEGINS SUNDAY INTO MID-WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE
OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST GRADUALLY STRENGTHENS. HOWEVER, DAYTIME
HIGHS WILL STILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. WINDS AT FIRE SITE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN: WEST TO SOUTH FROM LATE
MORNING TO EARLY EVENING WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 18 MPH...ABOUT 10 AM
TO 6 PM...THEN SOUTHEAST AT NIGHT INTO MORNING LESS THAN 8 MPH. WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY TREND LIGHTER AFTER MONDAY. OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES WILL BE MODERATE TO GOOD BUT TREND SLIGHTLY DRIER.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-88 LOWER ELEVATIONS...77-82 HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 4 TO 9 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    AND SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH GUSTS UP TO
                    15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200-6200 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH UP TO 7 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-57.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST UP
                    TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........LIGHT WINDS.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....85-90 LOWER ELEVATIONS...79-84 HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....EAST WINDS UP TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH GUSTS UP TO
                    16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5700-6700 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
CLEAR SKIES. SLIGHT WARMING TREND. LOWS IN THE 50S. HIGHS UPPER 80S
TO LOW 90S LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S OVER HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. SOUTHERLY SLOPE AND VALLEY WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. SOUTHWEST TO
WEST RIDGE WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH. MIN HUMIDITY DURING THE DAY IN THE
TEENS...OVERNIGHT RECOVERY IN THE 50-60 PERCENT RANGE.

FORECASTER...JBB/JHM
REQUESTED BY...SHELLY CROOK FBAN 2
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE

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REQUESTED BY...SHELLY CROOK FBAN 2
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE