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Spot Forecast for Plumas Trex Baker...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
515 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 PDT on May 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry, breezy, and warm weather for the rest of today with humidities
above 50% and decreasing winds. On Friday, daytime humidities will be
above 35% with initially northerly winds under 10 mph. Winds increase
and shift southwesterly by the afternoon with 15-20 mph sustained and
up to 30 mph gusts. A weather system moves in late Friday into Saturday
bringing cooler temperatures, showers, gusty southwest winds, and very
light snow accumulations. There is a 65-70% chance of 1.00" or more of
precipitation over the weekend, precipitation moves in around 11 PM
Friday night with the heaviest expected Saturday morning. Additionally,
there is a 15-20% chance of isolated thunderstorms Saturday
afternoon/evening.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....36-42.
Max humidity........78-82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light, terrain driven winds under 5 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Southeast around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northeast overnight.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 5 mph shifting to the
                    northeast overnight.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1
Temp............43     41     39
RH..............74     79     81
SL/VL wind......SW 2   N 2    NW 3
SL/VL wind gust.5      5      6
Mix hgt (ft)....500    500    500
Transport wind..SE 2   NE 5   NE 5

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....64-68.
Min humidity........36-40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North winds up to 6 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........East 5 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest 10 to
                    15 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 7 mph shifting to the east 5
                    to 8 mph in the morning and early afternoon,
                    then shifting to the southwest 10 to 15 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR 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............37     42     53     62     65     65
RH..............82     69     53     41     38     40
SL/VL wind......N 5    N 6    N 5    N 5    SW 7   SW 10
SL/VL wind gust.6      8      7      6      10     14
Mix hgt (ft)....500    1500   1500   3900   5600   5600
Transport wind..NE 7   E 8    E 8    E 6    SW 10  SW 10

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Chance of rain showers late in the evening.
                    Periods of moderate to heavy rain showers
early Saturday morning.
Min temperature.....38-42.
Max humidity........98-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 5 to 18 mph with gusts up to 25 mph
 Ridgetop...........South 12 to 17 mph increasing to around 25 mph
                    early Saturday morning.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 17 mph increasing to around 25 mph
                    early Saturday morning.
CWR.................6 percent increasing to 96 percent early in the
                    morning.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY     PCLDY     MCLDY     MCLDY
Weather cov.....                    CHANCE    CHANCE
Weather type....NONE      NONE      RNSHWR    RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         10        10
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............62        52        48        47
RH..............41        54        65        79
SL/VL wind......SW 10G14  SW 9G14   S 12G17   S 16G24
Mix hgt (ft)....3000      600       600       800
Transport wind..SW 14     S 12      S 13      S 17

$$
Forecaster...KF
Requested by...Michael Sprinkle
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412864.2/STO
.DELDT 05/02/24
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.EMAIL michael.sprinkle@usda.gov