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Spot Forecast for Valley Creek RX...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1050 PM PDT Thu May 16 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on May 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure ridge that has provided the warm and very dry
conditions the past few days will gradually weaken into early
next week. This will bring cooler temperatures and higher
relative humidity to the burn location into next week, otherwise
dry weather and light winds are expected.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....71-75.
Min humidity........39-43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast 3 to 6 becoming
                    southwest 5 to 8 mph after 1100.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 7 mph.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....51-55.
Max humidity........61-65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the northeast
                    5 to 6 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 3 to 7 mph.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 7 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....68-72.
Min humidity........35-39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 7 to 10 mph after 1100.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
South winds around 6 mph.
.MONDAY...
Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. Northeast winds
around 9 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast
winds around 8 mph.

$$
Forecaster...CS
Requested by...Jason Miller
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/17/24
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.EMAIL daron.jackson@usda.gov,JAMES.LICO@USDA.GOV,JASON.T.MILLER@USDA.GOV,ANDREW.DELORENZO@USDA.GOV