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Spot Forecast for Iron Canyon Rx...CAL FIRE
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1204 AM PST Mon Nov 2 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PST on November 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A quick moving system will bring higher humidity and precipitation
chances to the burn area on Tuesday. Best chances for preciptation
are from 0600 through 1800. There is a 90% chance of at least 0.01"
rain and a 77% chance of at least 0.10" rain on Tuesday. The current
storm total forecast is 0.07"-0.10". Warmer and drier weather is then
anticipated from Wednesday into the weekend with lower humidity and
periods of breezy northeast flow, mainly in the overnight
through mid morning timeframes with gusts to 15 mph at times.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain likely.
Max temperature.....54-58.
Min humidity........76-80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southeast up to 5 mph in
                    the late morning and early afternoon with gusts of 10 to 13 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Southeast 6 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 1600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 3 to 8 mph.
CWR.................20 percent decreasing to 10 percent in the late
                    morning and afternoon.
Chance of thunder...5 percent.

TIME (PST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  CDY CDY CDY MC  MC
CWR.............20  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Chc of thdr (%).5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Temp............51  50  51  52  52  54  54  53  52
RH..............78  79  84  89  91  88  84  84  84
SL/VL wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
SL/VL wind spd..3   5   5   5   5   5   5   3   3
SL/VL wind gust.10  13  13  13  13  13  13  10  10
Ridge wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
Ridge wind spd..8   10  10  10  9   9   9   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.1
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  E   E
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   8   6   6   6   3   3

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
                    Chance of rain early in the evening.
Min temperature.....45-49.
Max humidity........82-86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 6 mph after
                    0300 with gusts of 10 to 12 mph.
 Ridgetop...........East to northeast 5 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 3 mph shifting to the northeast.
CWR.................10 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR
CWR.............10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).5   5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............51  51  51  50  50  50  49  49  49  48  48  47
RH..............84  84  84  84  84  84  84  83  82  80  79  79
SL/VL wind dir..SE  N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
SL/VL wind spd..3   3   3   3   1   1   1   3   3   3   6   6
SL/VL wind gust.10  7   7   7   3   3   3   7   7   7   10  12
Ridge wind dir..E   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Ridge wind spd..7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   8   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.E   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.3   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   8   8

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....64-68.
Min humidity........47-51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph with gusts of 10 to 12 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph with gusts
to 15 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast to northwest 7 to 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 8 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 7 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............47  47  50  53  56  59  62  64  64  64  63  60
RH..............79  78  74  68  62  57  52  49  48  48  50  53
SL/VL wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
SL/VL wind spd..6   6   6   6   2   2   2   7   7   7   5   5
SL/VL wind gust.12  10  10  10  7   7   7   14  14  14  12  12
Ridge wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Ridge wind spd..10  10  9   9   8   8   8   10  10  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.6 1.6 1.6 2.7 2.7 2.7 1.5 1.5
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   8   6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 60s.
Northeast to northwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs around 70. Light
winds.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower 70s. Light
winds.

$$
Forecaster...KH
Requested by...Matthew Brady
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624975.0/STO
.DELDT 11/02/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jason.finney@fire.ca.gov,Kevin.finkeneller@fire.ca.gov,matthew.brady@fire.ca.gov,jeff.edson@fire.ca.gov