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Spot Forecast for Valley Creek RX...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
911 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, shifting to the
southwest in the afternoon. Conditions become breezy again late
Friday morning as southwest winds develops and persist through the
afternoon. Strongest winds will be early Friday afternoon with
gusts up to 20-25 mph. Dry conditions continue this afternoon
before cooling temps. and higher humidities develop Friday.

Current forecasts show thunderstorm potential (10-15% chance)
north of the fire near and northwest of Hwy. 36 in the vicinity of
Eagle Lake and Lake Almanor.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....63-67.
Min humidity........23-27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 6-10 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 5-7 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast around 10 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 8 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 9 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
Min temperature.....45-49.
Max humidity........50-54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 4-7 mph becoming light
                    winds overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest winds around 6 mph becoming
                    light overnight.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 6 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....56-60.
Min humidity........41-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 8-12 mph
                    in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Light winds becoming southwest around 10-15 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 11 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 50s.
Southwest winds around 7 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. East
winds around 6 mph.
.MEMORIAL DAY...
Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs around 70. Northeast winds
around 6 mph.

$$
Forecaster...DA
Requested by...Jason Miller
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414013.6/STO
.DELDT 05/23/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL daron.jackson@usda.gov,ANDREW.DELORENZO@USDA.GOV,JASON.T.MILLER@USDA.GOV,James.Lico@usda.gov,JAMES.LICO@USDA.GOV