FNUS76 KSTO 170249
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR UNION FIRE...CAL FIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
749 PM PDT FRI AUG 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1901 PDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LIGHTNING IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL MOVE SLOWLY
EASTWARD TOWARDS THE CALIFORNIA COAST THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL
RESULT IN HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED NEXT WEEK AS THE
UPPER LOW MOVES SLOWLY EASTWARD AND INLAND...BUT IT WILL ALSO BRING
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....95-100.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    WEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST 8 TO 16 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING AND
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...NATHAN BARCKLAY
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130816.UNION.01/STO

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