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Spot Forecast for Sunset Hill RX...USDA
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1122 AM PDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on April 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Mostly dry weather through at least Wednesday with
generally light typical southerly winds. Winds should remain
mostly less than 10 mph through Wednesday with stronger winds
Thursday-Friday, with sustained winds around 12-15 mph, and gusts
to around 20 mph. Low confidence, but some brief sprinkles are
possible Tuesday morning, if they do move across the burn area
they shouldn`t be impactful. The better chance for wetting rain
will be late Thursday-Friday afternoon, where some isolated to
scattered light showers may bring periods of light rainfall and
briefly gusty winds to around 20 mph.


.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....62-66.
Min humidity........54-58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 5 to 9 mph.
 Ridgetop...........South around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....47-51.
Max humidity........83-87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the east 5
                    to 6 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Southeast around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 5 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....59-63.
Min humidity........54-58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Highs in the upper 50s. South
winds around 8 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 50s. South
winds around 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs around 60. East winds around 8 mph.

$$
Forecaster...CP
Requested by...Jason Miller
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411762.0/STO
.DELDT 04/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL James.lico@usda.gov,jason.t.miller@usda.gov