FNUS56  KSTO 251530
 FWFSTO
 FWFSTO
 
 FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO
 730 AM PDT WED NOV 25 2009
 
 NOTE:  THIS IS A RETRANSMISSION OF YESTERDAYS AFTERNOON FORECAST... IT IS NOT
 AN UPDATE. THE FORECAST IS ISSUED ONCE DAILY BY 330 PM IN THE LOWSEASON.
 
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY BRINGING MILD 
 TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT 
 BASIN AND THERMAL TROUGH OVER CALIFORNIA BRINGING NORTH TO EAST 
 WINDS OVER THE AREA ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ORIENTED 
 CANYONS AND PASSES IN THE WEST SLOPE OF THE SIERRA.  A COLD FRONT 
 AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH WILL SPLIT AND MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN 
 PORTION OF THE AREA LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY BRINGING COOLER 
 TEMPERATURES AND SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN AND 
 SNOW...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN 
 BEHIND THIS SYSTEM BRINGING DRY WEATHER AND GUSTY NORTH TO EAST 
 WINDS LATE FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.  
 
 
 CAZ221-269-252145-
 STANISLAUS NF WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST-
 NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE
 SIERRA CREST-
 730 AM PDT WED NOV 25 2009
 
 .TODAY...
 SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. 
 MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-66 LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND 48-58 HIGHER 
                     ELEVATIONS. 
 MIN HUMIDITY........19-32 PERCENT. 
 20-FOOT WINDS....... 
     VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...EAST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE 
                          NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. LOCAL GUSTS UP 
                          TO 24 MPH. 
     RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP 
                          TO 40 MPH IN THE MORNING. 
 CHC OF WETTING RAIN.0 PERCENT. 
 
 .TONIGHT...
 SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. 
 MIN TEMPERATURE.....29-43. 
 MAX HUMIDITY........56-76 PERCENT LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND 44-64 
                     PERCENT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 
 20-FOOT WINDS....... 
     VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...EAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP  
                          TO 22 MPH. 
     RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....EAST WINDS 8 TO 18 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP  
                          TO 32 MPH. 
 CHC OF WETTING RAIN.0 PERCENT. 
 
 .THANKSGIVING DAY...
 SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. 
 MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-65 LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND 46-56 HIGHER 
                     ELEVATIONS. 
 MIN HUMIDITY........20-35 PERCENT. 
 20-FOOT WINDS....... 
     VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. 
     RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO 
                          THE SOUTHWEST 12 TO 22 MPH IN THE 
                          AFTERNOON. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 32 MPH. 
 CHC OF WETTING RAIN.0 PERCENT. 
 
 
 

 
 ...NORTHERN SIERRA AND LASSEN PARK
 .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS.
 LOWS IN THE 30S. HIGHS IN THE 40S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. 
 .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 25 TO 35. HIGHS 45 TO 55.
 NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. 
 .SUNDAY...BREEZY. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 25 TO 35. HIGHS IN THE 50S.
 NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH.