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Spot Forecast for Spanish Ranch...Usfs
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
740 PM PDT Tue May 21 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on May 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A low pressure area moving through the Pacific Northwest on
Wednesday will bring an increase in winds over the ridgetops, higher
humidities and cooler temperatures. Winds will shift north
Wednesday night then northeast Thursday morning. Winds will
become light during the day on Thursday with lower humidity`s
back into the teens. Lighter winds and higher humidities
are forecast for Friday.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....65-70.
Min humidity........27-32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest up to 7 mph late
                    in the morning.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 3 to 10 mph increasing to west 17 to
                    20 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 3 to 20 mph increasing to 10 to 17 mph
                    early in the morning, then increasing to 17 to
                    20 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............44     49     60     64     68     69
RH..............69     62     43     32     29     27
SL/VL wind......W 0    E 1    SW 2   SW 6   SW 8   W 8
SL/VL wind gust.2      3      9      16     12     12
Mix hgt (ft)....1500   3800   3800   6800   7200   7200
Transport wind..SW 3   W 10   W 10   W 17   W 20   W 20

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....36-40.
Max humidity........55-59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 7 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........West 8 to 17 mph shifting to the north 8 to 12
                    mph late in the evening.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 17 mph shifting to the north 8 to
                    12 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 MCLEAR MCLEAR
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............71     61     54     47     43     39
RH..............29     41     49     51     50     54
SL/VL wind......W 7    W 3    W 3    NW 2   N 2    N 2
SL/VL wind gust.9      6      6      3      3      3
Mix hgt (ft)....6200   1700   1700   1700   1700   1700
Transport wind..W 17   NW 8   NW 8   N 9    N 12   N 12

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....68-72.
Min humidity........16-19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 8 to 10 mph gusts to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......10400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR    MCLEAR    PCLDY     PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............39        48        66        71
RH..............55        44        24        16
SL/VL wind......N 2G3     NE 2G3    NE 2G3    NE 3G5
Mix hgt (ft)....1500      2400      5000      9200
Transport wind..NE 8      NE 9      E 8      S 6

$$
Forecaster...RB
Requested by...Steve Ocampo
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414307.5/STO
.DELDT 05/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL steve.ocampo@usda.gov