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Spot Forecast for Eastside Underburn...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1234 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 PDT on May 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Breezy to gusty west-northwesterly winds in the afternoon will accompany
a gradual warming trend through the end of the week. Otherwise, dry
weather is anticipated on Thursday and much of Friday near the area of
the burn. A weather system then arrives this weekend, bringing increasing
precipitation chances to the burn area potentially as early as Friday
evening. Gusty southwesterly winds are then expected on Saturday, with
rain showers throughout the day and isolated thunderstorms possible
(15-25% chance) in the afternoon and evening. A rapid cool down also
looks to arrive with this system, with snow levels falling from near
5500` to 6500` during the day Saturday, to 3500` to 4500` by Sunday
morning.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....55-60.
Min humidity........38-43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph in the morning,
                    increasing to 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph
                    in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........West around 16 mph.
Mixing height.......Near 2500 ft AGL at ignition time, rising to near
                    5200 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....West around 16 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....33-38.
Max humidity........78-83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 10 to 14 mph shifting to the
                    east-southeast 4 to 7 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......Near 4500 ft AGL in the early evening, falling
                    to near 400 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....62-67.
Min humidity........28-33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 4 to 6 mph in the morning shifting
                    to the west-northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
                    25 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast around 7 mph.
Mixing height.......Near 400 ft AGL in the morning, rising to near
                    6900 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 7 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

$$
Forecaster...NR
Requested by...Travis Schneider
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412922.0/STO
.DELDT 05/01/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL travis.schneider@usda.gov