Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Sacramento, CA
Issued by NWS Sacramento, CA
997 FNUS76 KSTO 172050 FWSSTO Spot Forecast for Park Fire...USFS National Weather Service Sacramento CA 150 PM PDT Tue Sep 17 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0500 PDT on September 18. 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 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. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Min temperature.....34-38. Max humidity........98-100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Ridgetop...........Northeast around 8 mph. Mixing height.......600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph. CWR.................2 percent. LAL.................2. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .FRIDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the lower 70s. Light winds. .SATURDAY... Clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the mid 70s. Light winds. .SUNDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper 70s. Light winds. $$ Forecaster...DA Requested by...Brian J. Watts Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2422632.0/STO .DELDT 09/17/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL 2024.park.plans@firenet.gov, jacob.botts@usda.gov