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Spot Forecast for French Meadows Hand Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
144 AM PST Fri Nov 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PST on November 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Some partly cloudy conditions may linger early this morning, but
otherwise, dry and calm conditions are expected today and through
early next week at the burn site. Relative humidities will trend drier
through early next week and temperatures will trend warmer. Winds through
the weekend will generally be light and variable during the daytime, with
periodic gusts out of the east up to 15 mph in the evening through morning
periods. Late next week, a pattern change is expected, bringing renewed
chances for widespread precipitation and increased moisture.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....57-61.
Min humidity........62-66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 6 to 9 mph shifting to the east
                    around 5 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 8 mph becoming 8 to 9 mph in
                    the late morning and early afternoon, then
                    shifting to the east around 2 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................5 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      8 AM         NOON         4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY        MCLDY        MCLEAR
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............42           57           56
RH..............93           65           70
SL/VL wind......S 2G8        SW 2G8       SW 1G5
Ridgetop wind...SW 8         SW 9         E 5
Mix hgt (ft)....1300         2400         1400
Transport wind..SW 8         SW 9         E 2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. Areas of frost early in the
                    morning.
Min temperature.....36-40.
Max humidity........82-86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming east around 4 to 7 mph in the
                    late evening and overnight with gusts to 15 mph.
 Ridgetop...........East 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 12 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR       MCLEAR       MCLEAR
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............46           40           39
RH..............90           88           86
SL/VL wind......E 2G5        E 6G13       E 6G14
Ridgetop wind...E 2          E 10         E 10
Mix hgt (ft)....1400         1100         1000
Transport wind..E 2          E 10         E 10

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Areas of frost early in the morning.
Max temperature.....66-70.
Min humidity........37-41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 5 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light after 1100.
 Ridgetop...........East 9 to 13 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 13 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR       MCLEAR       MCLEAR
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............40           57           68
RH..............83           57           39
SL/VL wind......E 6G14       E 3G10       E 2G7
Ridgetop wind...E 12         E 12         E 9
Mix hgt (ft)....1000         1200         2600
Transport wind..E 12         E 12         E 9

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 70s. East
winds around 6 mph.
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Light winds.
.VETERANS DAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...KH/SP
Requested by...Tahoe/Amerian River
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2524985.1/STO
.DELDT 11/07/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
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