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Spot Forecast for Almanor CG RX...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
600 PM PDT Thu Oct 29 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on October 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Light winds into the weekend expected outside of brief periods of
breezy southwest winds in the afternoon. Slight uptick in
humidity trends expected Friday as chances for rain showers begin
on Friday (10-20%) and more earnestly on Saturday (50-70%).
Current forecasts have the burn area with 0.10-20" of
precipitation, 60-75% of wetting rain occurrence, and slight chance
of a thunderstorm.

Min RH values into the 50s Friday with good overnight recoveries
expected before conditions trend drier late weekend into next
week.


.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Widespread frost and patchy fog
                    early in the morning.
Max temperature.....51-55.
Min humidity........50-55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds increasing to 7 to 11 mph in
                    the afternoon with gusts up to 15-20 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to around 4600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 12 mph.
CWR.................0-5 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Areas of fog overnight. Slight
                    chance of rain early Saturday morning.
Min temperature.....30-34.
Max humidity........98-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........Light south to southeast winds.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to around 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Light winds.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning. Rain
                    showers likely and slight chance of
                    thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....46-50.
Min humidity........68-75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the
                    afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon, if
                    occurring.
 Ridgetop...........South 7 to 12 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to around 2700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 10 mph.
CWR.................50-70 percent.
Chance of thunder...10-15 percent.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and slight chance of thunderstorms.
Rain likely overnight. Patchy fog. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs
in the lower 50s. Light winds.
.MONDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in the upper 50s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs around 60. Light
winds.

$$
Forecaster...DA
Requested by...Jessup Coakley
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/30/26
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.EMAIL jessup.coakley@usda.gov