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FNUS76 KSTO 160140
FWSSTO

SPOT FORECAST FOR SNOWBIRD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
640 PM PDT SAT OCT 15 2016

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON OCTOBER 15. 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL BRING RAIN TO THIS
AREA BY AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM
WITH THESE WINDS DECREASING SLOWLY AFTER THE SYSTEM PASSES THIS
EVENING. SHOWERS TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY
ANOTHER ROUND OF WIND AND RAIN LATE SUNDAY AS A THIRD SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH THE NORTH STATE.

.TODAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65. 
MIN HUMIDITY........67-72 PERCENT. 
SKY/WEATHER.........SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN HEAVY SHOWERS AND 
                    A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE 
                    AFTERNOON. 
CWR.................80 PERCENT INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT IN THE 
                    AFTERNOON. 
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 21 MPH. 
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 19 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 
                    35 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR 
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900-2500 FT AGL. 
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 21 MPH. 

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55. 
MAX HUMIDITY........86-91 PERCENT. 
SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AFTER 
                    MIDNIGHT. 
CWR.................100 PERCENT DECREASING TO 80 PERCENT AFTER 
                    MIDNIGHT. 
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 17 MPH. 
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 12 
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......1900-3700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-3900 FT AGL 
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 MPH. 

.SUNDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-65. 
MIN HUMIDITY........66-71 PERCENT. 
SKY/WEATHER.........SHOWERS. 
CWR.................100 PERCENT DECREASING TO 90 PERCENT IN THE 
                    AFTERNOON. 
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 21 MPH. 
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 
                    25 MPH. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500-3300 FT AGL. 
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 21 MPH. 

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FORECASTER...CS
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT HOLT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 1601493.1/STO