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Spot Forecast for Spanish Ranch Rx
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
950 PM PDT Wed May 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PDT on May 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Light north to east winds in the morning, weakening throughout the
day. Conditions become breezy late Friday morning as southwest
winds develops and persist through the afternoon. Strongest winds
will be Friday afternoon with gusts up to 15-20 mph. Dry
conditions continue this afternoon before cooling temps. and
higher humidities develop Friday.

Current forecasts show thunderstorm potential (10-15% chance)
along and northwest of Hwy. 36, highest from near Lake Almanor to
Eagle Lake.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....73-77.
Min humidity........15-19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 4 to 8 mph becoming light in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......8400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph shifting to the south
                    3 to 6 mph late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............39     48     62     70     74     75
RH..............57     42     28     20     17     18
SL/VL wind......N 5    NE 4   NE 2   E 3    E 2    SW 3
SL/VL wind gust.9      8      8      8      8      8
Mix hgt (ft)....1600   3400   6200   6200   8400   6300
Transport wind..NE 8   E 10   E 8    E 8    S 3    SW 6

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Min temperature.....41-45.
Max humidity........69-73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 6 to 8 mph shifting to the south
                    around 5 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 8 mph shifting to the south
                    around 5 mph early in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............72     65     54     50     46     44
RH..............22     35     51     60     66     69
SL/VL wind......SW 3   SW 2   SW 2   S 1    S 0    S 0
SL/VL wind gust.8      6      6      3      2      2
Ridgetop wind...M      M      M      M      M      M
Mix hgt (ft)....6300   1500   1500   1500   1400   1400
Transport wind..SW 6   SW 8   SW 8   SW 6   SW 6   SW 6

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....68-72.
Min humidity........29-33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph.
 Ridgetop...........South 4 to 7 mph becoming southwest
                    14 to 18 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest
                    14 to 18 mph late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY     PCLDY     PCLDY     PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............45        55        67        68
RH..............69        54        31        30
SL/VL wind......S 0G1     S 1G2     SW 3G9    SW 7G16
Mix hgt (ft)....1500      2400      8100      8800
Transport wind..S 5       S 5       SW 10     SW 14

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...
Warmer, clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper 70s.
Light winds.
.MEMORIAL DAY...
Clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 80s. Light
winds.

$$
Forecaster...DA
Requested by...Lucas Pascucci
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414307.6/STO
.DELDT 05/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Lucas.pascucci@usda.gov