FNUS76 KSTO 172307
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SWEDES...CAL FIRE TEAM 1
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
407 PM PDT SAT AUG 17 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1431 PDT ON AUGUST 17.
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 OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST IS BEGINNING TO
SPREAD MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE SUNDAY AND INTO
NEXT WEEK LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ISOLATED THUNDER-
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE FIRE SITE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATION
OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. HOWEVER...LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...
THE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD IN THE VICINITY
OF THE FIRE SITE.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....67-73.
MAX HUMIDITY........42-52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 6 MPH THIS EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST TO EAST UP TO 5 MPH
                    LATE THIS EVENING OR AFTER MIDNIGHT.
   RIDGETOP.........WEST 8 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING...BECOMING
                    NORTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH LATE EVENING OR AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 TO 7000 FT AGL THIS EVENING...LOWERING TO
                    NEAR GROUND LEVEL LATE.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 4 TO 10 MPH THIS EVENING...
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST UP TO 4 MPH LATE.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...PARTLY CLOUDY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. CUMULUS BUILDUPS TO THE
                    EAST WITH POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS DISTANT EAST.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....95-101.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST TO WEST UP TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 8 TO 18 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    WEST 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 TO 5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING AND
                    WEST 4 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...JHM
REQUESTED BY...DON BOURSIER
REASON FOR REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130817.SWEDE.01/STO

$$