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Spot Forecast for Plumas Trex Baker...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
738 PM PDT Tue Apr 30 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on May 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Increased northwest to northeast flow over the area into Thursday. Winds
will be gusty during the day before decreasing early Wednesday evening.
Temperatures will warm a little with poorer afternoon humidity on
Wednesday. Winds shift in the afternoon on Thursday to westerly which
will lead to higher daytime humidity and gusty afternoon winds.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....59-63.
Min humidity........15-19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 9 mph gusts to 16 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 10 to 12 mph with gusts to 22 mph shifting
                    to the northwest around 8 mph late in the afternoon
                    with gusts to 18 mph.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 10 to 12 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 8 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  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............33     36     46     54     59     60
RH..............57     48     36     22     17     19
SL/VL wind......N 8    N 8    N 9    NE 9   NE 8   N 7
SL/VL wind gust.12     12     14     13     13     12
Mix hgt (ft)....500    1700   1700   3800   6100   6100
Transport wind..NE 10  NE 12  NE 12  N 12   N 10   N 10

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....34-38.
Max humidity........46-50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North winds up to 6 mph becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........North 7 to 8 mph shifting to the northeast 6 to
                    9 mph late in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 6 to 9 mph late in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR 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............59     53     45     42     39     37
RH..............23     34     37     40     43     47
SL/VL wind......N 6    NW 6   NW 6   N 6    N 5    N 5
SL/VL wind gust.10     10     10     8      6      6
Mix hgt (ft)....4300   600    600    400    400    400
Transport wind..NW 8   N 7    N 7    NE 9   NE 7   NE 7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....61-65.
Min humidity........35-39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming northeast up to 5 mph
                    early in the morning, then shifting to the west
                    late in the morning.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 5 to 6 mph shifting to the west 7 to
                    16 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 6 mph becoming 5 to 6 mph in
                    the morning, then shifting to the west 7 to 16
                    mph late in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR     CLEAR     MCLEAR    MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............37        46        61        63
RH..............48        43        37        38
SL/VL wind......N 2G5     NE 5G6    W 6G8     W 10G16
Mix hgt (ft)....400       800       4700      7200
Transport wind..NE 6      NE 5      NW 7      W 15

$$
Forecaster...RB
Requested by...Michael Sprinkle
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412864.0/STO
.DELDT 05/01/24
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.EMAIL michael.sprinkle@usda.gov