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Spot Forecast for French Meadows Hand Piles...TAHOE NF
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
320 AM PST Mon Nov 10 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PST on November 10.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Light winds with minimum humidities in the low to mid 30s expected
through Tuesday ahead of a weather system on Wednesday through
Friday bringing rain, mountain snow, gusty winds, and cooler
temperatures. Thursday morning is forecasted as the wettest period
with a 70-80% chance of storm total of 2 inches or more from Wed-
Fri.

Southwest winds increase on Wednesday with gusts up to 35-45 mph
by Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....68-72.
Min humidity........26-30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........West 4 to 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 4 to 8 mph.

TIME (PST)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY
Temp............49     63     69     70     65
RH..............46     35     28     30     40
20 ft wind......E 2    SW 2   W 3    W 4    W 2
20 ft wind gust.7      7      9      9      7
Ridgetop wind...E 6    SW 7   W 8    W 8    W 5
Mix hgt (ft)....1100   3100   3100   3300   1200
Transport wind..E 6    SW 8   W 8    W 12   W 5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy then
                    becoming mostly cloudy then becoming partly
                    cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
Min temperature.....42-46.
Max humidity........50-54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........Southeast 5 to 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 8 mph.

TIME (PST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
Temp............53     48     46     46     44     44
RH..............53     54     49     49     50     51
20 ft wind......W 1    S 2    SE 2   SE 4   SE 4   SE 4
20 ft wind gust.3      6      7      8      8      7
Ridgetop wind...W 5    S 7    SE 5   SE 4   SE 5   SE 5
Mix hgt (ft)....1200   1000   1100   1100   1100   1100
Transport wind..W 5    S 5    SE 5   S 5    S 5    SE 5

.VETERANS DAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
Max temperature.....65-69.
Min humidity........28-32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 5 to 9 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 4 to 9 mph.

TIME (PST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
Temp............44     47     60     66     66     61
RH..............51     50     37     31     33     42
20 ft wind......SE 2   SE 2   SW 2   SW 4   SW 5   SW 4
20 ft wind gust.7      8      7      7      10     9
Ridgetop wind...S 7    S 7    S 8    S 9    SW 9   S 8
Mix hgt (ft)....1100   1000   2500   2500   4100   1700
Transport wind..S 7    S 7    S 8    S 10   SW 10  S 9

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.WEDNESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in
the lower 60s. South winds around 6 mph.
.THURSDAY...
Cooler. Showers and snow showers. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs in
the mid 40s. Southwest winds around 12 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the upper 30s.
Southwest winds around 6 mph.

$$
Forecaster...DA
Requested by...Tahoe/American River
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500000.1/STO
.DELDT 11/10/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
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