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Spot Forecast for Plumas Trex Taz (updated)...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
926 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...
Mainly northerly flow over the area into Thursday. 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.....60-64.
Min humidity........14-18 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......North winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 5 to 10 mph in the late morning and
                    early afternoon, then shifting to the north 5
                    to 9 mph late in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........North 9 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......6600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 9 to 10 mph.
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............34     37     46     54     60     61
RH..............55     44     31     21     17     16
SL/VL wind......N 8    N 7    NE 7   NE 8   N 10   N 9
SL/VL wind gust.12     12     10     12     15     14
Mix hgt (ft)....500    1900   1900   4300   6600   6600
Transport wind..N 10   NE 10  NE 10  N 10   NW 10  NW 10

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....35-39.
Max humidity........50-54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds up to 8 mph becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........North 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 9 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR 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............60     55     47     43     40     38
RH..............19     27     34     39     44     50
SL/VL wind......N 8    NW 6   NW 6   N 6    NW 5   NW 5
SL/VL wind gust.13     9      9      8      7      7
Mix hgt (ft)....4200   500    500    400    400    400
Transport wind..N 9    N 7    N 7    N 8    N 7    N 7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....62-66.
Min humidity........24-28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 11 mph.
 Ridgetop...........North around 6 mph shifting to the northwest 10
                    to 15 mph late in the morning afternoon gusts
                    to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 6 mph shifting to the northwest 10
                    to 15 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............38        47        61        64
RH..............52        45        32        26
SL/VL wind......NW 3G6    N 5G6     W 7G10    W 11G16
Mix hgt (ft)....400       900       5400      6800
Transport wind..N 6       N 6       NW 14     NW 15

$$
Forecaster...RB
Requested by...Michael Sprinkle
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412875.0/STO
.DELDT 05/01/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL michael.sprinkle@usda.gov