007 
FNUS76 KSTO 121541
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR LOST HORSE...USFS ELDORADO N.F.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
841 AM PDT WED OCT 12 2016

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON OCTOBER 12. 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK TROUGH PASSES TO THE SOUTH OF THE BURN AREA TODAY WITH SOME
HIGH CLOUDINESS AND MODEST IMPROVEMENT IN HUMIDITY. DOWNSLOPE OR
EASTERLY WINDS THIS MORNING TURN UPSLOPE OR SOUTHWEST BY LATE
MORNING. DRY WEATHER ON THURSDAY BUT RAIN AND INCREASING WIND 
OVERSPREADS THE BURN AREA THURSDAY NIGHT...TIMING SUGGESTS AFTER 
MIDNIGHT AS A WARM PACIFIC STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA. THIS WILL BE
THE BEGINNING OF A WET PATTERN FOR SEVERAL DAYS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-69.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT RIDGES...35-40 PERCENT LOWER
                    ELEVATIONS.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 1000-1100.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 7 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3500-4000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55. 
MAX HUMIDITY........59-67 PERCENT. 
20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS UP TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE 
                    SOUTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH AFTER 2200.  
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 
                    25 MPH BY MORNING.  
CWR.................0 PERCENT. 
LAL.................1. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500-1000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING. 
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST UP TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST TO 
                    SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH AFTER 2200.  

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-66. 
MIN HUMIDITY........22-27 PERCENT. 
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH. 
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH 
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. 
CWR.................0 PERCENT. 
LAL.................1. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000-3500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON. 
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH. 

$$
FORECASTER...JM
REQUESTED BY...BURNS BRIMHALL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20161012.LOSTH.01/STO