Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Sacramento, CA

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SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY CREEK TRAINING BURN...OTHER-LOCAL/COUNTY/CITY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
546 AM PDT FRI MAY 17 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 PDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOME INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP SOME CLOUDS AND SHADE OVER THE BURN
AREA TODAY...BUT RH WILL DROP FROM YESTERDAY. COASTAL PRESSURE
GRADIENT NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS YESTERDAY...SO WINDS NOT LIKELY TO
BE AS STRONG. WARMING EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND INTO MONDAY WITH
LOWERING AFTERNOON RH AND LESS OVERNIGHT RECOVERY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........66-69 AT IGNITION...76-80 AFTERNOON MAX.
HUMIDITY............45-50% AT IGNITION...27-32% AFTERNOON MIN.
WIND (20 FT)........
   SLOPE/VALLEY.....SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH AT IGNITION BECOMING
    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE
    INCREASING AGAIN TO 8 TO 13 MPH BY EARLY EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8000-8500 FT
    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH.


FORECASTER...JCLAPP
REQUESTED BY...JOHN GRAZIS
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130517.DRYCR.01/STO

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