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Spot Forecast for French Meadows Hand Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1208 AM PST Fri Dec 5 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PST on December 05.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Seasonable and dry weather is expected to continue in the burn
vicinity into the weekend, alongside generally light, terrain
driven winds. Gradual improvements in humidity recovery are
anticipated today and Saturday, with additional periods of
breezier winds and lower daytime humidity returning late weekend
into early next week.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Areas of frost early in the morning.
Max temperature.....55-59.
Min humidity........50-54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds up to 6 mph in the morning
                    becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 9 to 14 mph shifting to the north 5
                    to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 13 mph decreasing to 9 to 14
                    mph in the morning, then shifting to the north
                    5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR       MCLEAR       CLEAR
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............37           47           56
RH..............77           69           52
SL/VL wind......NE 6G14      NE 6G13      NW 2G8
Ridgetop wind...NE 13        NE 9         N 7
Mix hgt (ft)....1100         2000         2700
Transport wind..NE 13        NE 9         N 7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....36-40.
Max humidity........82-86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........West around 5 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 7 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 7 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
CWR.................1 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY        MCLEAR       MCLEAR
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............47           42           39
RH..............75           81           85
SL/VL wind......W 2G6        S 3G6        S 2G6
Ridgetop wind...NW 5         SW 7         SW 7
Mix hgt (ft)....1000         1000         1000
Transport wind..NW 5         SW 7         SW 7

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....52-56.
Min humidity........55-59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 6 to 7 mph shifting to the west in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph decreasing to around 6
                    mph early in the morning, then shifting to the
                    west 6 to 7 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
CWR.................1 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............38           47           53
RH..............80           70           63
SL/VL wind......S 2G6        W 2G7        W 3G12
Ridgetop wind...SW 7         W 7          W 7
Mix hgt (ft)....1000         1900         3300
Transport wind..SW 7         W 7          W 7

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Areas of frost. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in
the mid 50s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.
Light winds.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows around 40. Highs in the lower 60s. East winds
around 5 mph.

$$
Forecaster...JW
Requested by...Tahoe/American River
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526762.3/STO
.DELDT 12/05/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.crawford@usda.gov,mike.durocher@usda.gov,matthew.radtke@usda.gov,jeremy.hieronimus@usda.gov