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Spot Forecast for Park...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1010 AM PDT Tue Sep 17 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0932 PDT on September 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms expected along the
Sierra and adjacent foothills on Wednesday. Rain showers are
expected to move near the fire early Wednesday morning with
chances for thunderstorms (15-25% chance) from late morning
Wednesday to Wednesday evening.

Any thunderstorm that does develop carries the threat of
exceeding flash flood criteria causing debris flow issues. There
is a 25-40% chance of rain amounts exceeding 0.25", highest along
the eastern portions of the burn scar.

After Thursday morning, conditions are expected to warm and dry
with above normal temperatures expected by early next week.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
Max temperature.....47-61.
Min humidity........59-80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 9 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers
                    overnight.
Min temperature.....34-48.
Max humidity........89-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds up to 8 mph becoming light
                    east winds overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph becoming east
                    up to 8 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 5 mph.
CWR.................28 percent.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely through the
                    day. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....50-64.
Min humidity........58-80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds up to 5 mph becoming northwest
                    4 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........East winds 4 to 7 mph becoming northwest
                    7 to 12 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 8 mph.
CWR.................70 percent.
LAL.................2.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows
in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around
5 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
Light winds.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 70s. Light
winds.

$$
Forecaster...DA
Requested by...Brian Watts
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2422488.1/STO
.DELDT 09/17/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL 2024.park.plans@firenet.gov,jacob.botts@usda.gov