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Spot Forecast for CHUTE Incident...CAL FIRE NEU
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
756 AM PDT Fri Jul 24 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1107 PDT on July 24.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mostly sunny and dry conditions continue at the Chute Incident. South
to southwesterly flow with high pressure aloft will allow for daytime
humidity values to fall into the mid teens this afternoon, with surface
wind gusts generally below 15 mph. Ridgetop wind gusts up to 25 mph
today, with some mixing into the canyons/gaps possible. Similar
conditions are expected on Saturday with no significant changes in
the large-scale weather pattern in the forecast. Continued dry and
mostly terrain driven winds are expected as we enter into next week,
along with a gradual warming trend.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....91-95.
Min humidity........16-20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest up to 5 mph late
                    in the afternoon, then becoming light late in
                    the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South 22 to 24 mph.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............83  86  89  90  91  92  91
RH..............32  31  28  23  21  19  19
SL/VL wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
SL/VL wind spd..3   3   5   5   5   5   3
SL/VL wind gust.8   10  12  12  12  12  10
Ridge wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Ridge wind spd..22  22  23  23  23  24  24
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 2.9 2.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.2
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   8   8   8   8

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....57-61.
Max humidity........53-57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 23 to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 8 mph shifting to the east around 6
                    mph late in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MCR
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............90  88  81  77  73  71  68  66  65  64  63  62
RH..............20  23  30  35  41  46  50  53  55  54  54  53
SL/VL wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   E   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
SL/VL wind spd..3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
SL/VL wind gust.9   7   7   7   6   6   5   5   5   5   5   5
Ridge wind dir..S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S
Ridge wind spd..24  23  23  23  24  24  24  25  25  25  25  25
Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 3.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  S   S   S   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.8   8   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....89-93.
Min humidity........19-23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest up to 5 mph late
                    in the morning, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South 24 to 28 mph.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 6 mph shifting to the south 3 to 10
                    mph early in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR
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............60  63  66  72  78  81  84  87  88  89  91  89
RH..............53  53  48  40  36  33  31  28  26  24  22  21
SL/VL wind dir..NE  NE  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
SL/VL wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   5   5   5   5   5   5   3
SL/VL wind gust.5   5   7   7   7   12  12  12  13  13  13  10
Ridge wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  S   S
Ridge wind spd..26  26  28  28  28  28  26  26  25  25  24  24
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.5
Transp wind dir.E   E   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.6   6   3   3   3   7   7   7   10  10  10  9

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SUNDAY...
Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 90s. Light
winds.
.MONDAY...
Clear. Lows around 60. Highs in the lower 90s. Light winds.
.TUESDAY...
Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 90s. Light
winds.
.WEDNESDAY...
Clear. Lows around 60. Highs in the lower 90s.
.THURSDAY...
Clear. Lows around 60. Highs in the mid 90s.

$$
Forecaster...JW
Requested by...Rodney Hart
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2617882.3/STO
.DELDT 07/24/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rodney.hart@fire.ca.gov