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Spot Forecast for Park Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1249 PM PDT Tue Sep 24 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on September 25.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Cooler, near normal temperatures and breezy southwesterly winds
on Wednesday with improved humidities compared to Tuesday. By
Thursday humidities decrease into the teens and low 20s, as winds
transition to a diurnal flow pattern (upslope during the
day/downslope overnight). Humidities continue to trend lower into
the weekend coupled with warmer temperatures.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....65-81.
Min humidity........24-30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Weak southeasterly winds, 3 to 6 mph in the
early morning. Transitioning to southwesterly
by late morning, 6 to 11 mph with afternoon
gusts 15 to 20 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Southeasterly winds, 5 to 8 mph in the
early morning. Transitioning to southwesterly
by late morning, 9 to 15 mph with afternoon
gusts 17 to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 20 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming clear.
Min temperature.....41-56.
Max humidity........41-71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeasterly winds 5 to 8 mph by early evening.
Winds become downslope/easterly 3 to 6 mph
overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Southeasterly winds 4 to 7 mph by early evening.
Winds become downslope/easterly overnight.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 7 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....67-81.
Min humidity........19-27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 3 to 5 mph in the morning, becoming
southwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........East winds 3 to 5 mph in the morning, becoming
southwest 6 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 9 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

$$
Forecaster...KF
Requested by...Brian Watts
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2422963.0/STO
.DELDT 09/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jacob.botts@usda.gov,2024.park.plans@firenet.gov