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Spot Forecast for Plumas TREX...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1010 PM PDT Sun Apr 28 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PDT on April 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Dry weather will continue through at least Friday at the
burn site. Winds will be primarily from the west through at least
Monday, switching to more of a north to northeast direction
Tuesday night through the rest of the week. However, winds will
follow more typical upslope/downslope trends when winds become
light. The strongest winds expected to be Monday from the west and
Wednesday from the north to northeast with gusts up to 20-25 mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....61-65.
Min humidity........20-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 12 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon, with gusts to 20 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 6 to 9
                    mph increasing to west 14 to 22 mph late in the
                    morning.
Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 22 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
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............38     45     55     59     62     63
RH..............81     59     36     27     23     23
SL/VL wind......N 2    SW 6   W 8    W 10   W 12   W 9
SL/VL wind gust.3      8      12     15     18     16
Ridgetop wind...M      M      M      M      M      M
Mix hgt (ft)....500    2600   5400   5400   6200   4900
Transport wind..SW 6   W 9    W 22   W 22   W 18   W 14

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....30-34.
Max humidity........65-69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 9 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........West 7 to 14 mph shifting to the east 5 to 6
                    mph overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 14 mph decreasing to 7 to 14 mph in
                    the evening, then shifting to the north around
                    5 mph late in the evening shifting to the east
                    5 to 6 mph overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
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............61     55     44     40     36     33
RH..............25     35     49     58     63     67
SL/VL wind......W 9    NW 6   NW 6   N 3    NE 2   NE 2
SL/VL wind gust.16     9      9      5      3      3
Ridgetop wind...M      M      M      M      M      M
Mix hgt (ft)....4900   800    800    400    400    400
Transport wind..W 14   W 7    W 7    N 5    E 6    E 6

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....62-66.
Min humidity........18-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 10 mph late in
                    the morning.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 5 to 7 mph shifting to the west 12 to
                    13 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph increasing to 5 to 7 mph
                    in the morning, then shifting to the west 12 to
                    13 mph late in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR     MCLEAR    MCLEAR    MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............33        43        58        63
RH..............65        47        23        19
SL/VL wind......NE 2      SW 2G3    W 6G9     W 10G16
Ridgetop wind...M         M         M         M
Mix hgt (ft)....400       1100      4600      7200
Transport wind..NE 5      NE 7      W 12      W 13

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...
Clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast
winds around 9-12 mph, gusts to 20-25 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast
winds around 9 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds
around 6 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs around 70.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the lower 60s.

$$
Forecaster...CP
Requested by...Edward Badalamenti
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412669.0/STO
.DELDT 04/29/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL edward.badalamenti@usda.gov