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Spot Forecast for Pendola Fire...Tahoe National Forest
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
739 PM PDT Sun Apr 21 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on April 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Warm and dry weather continues on Monday, with a cool down and some
modest RH recovery expected Tuesday into the remainder of the week.
Periods of breezy south-southwesterly winds expected each afternoon.
A stretch of wetter weather then arrives late week, possibly as early
as Thursday evening, and continues into next weekend.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....76-81.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East-northeast winds 5 to 6 mph in the morning,
                    shifting to the south-southwest 5 to 10 mph in
                    the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......Near 350 ft AGL in the morning, rising to near
                    4400 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....48-53.
Max humidity........80-85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph in the early evening
                    becoming east-southeasterly and light overnight.
 Ridgetop...........East around 6 mph.
Mixing height.......Near 4400 ft AGL in the evening, lowering to near
                    300 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....East around 6 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....65-70.
Min humidity........50-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light south-southeasterly winds in the morning
                    becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......Near 300 ft AGL in the morning, rising to near
                    3800 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

$$
Forecaster...NR
Requested by...Rita Clipperton
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2411661.0/STO
.DELDT 04/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rita.clipperton@usda.gov