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Spot Forecast for French Meadows Hand Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
526 PM PST Mon Nov 10 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 PST on November 11.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Veterans Day and Wednesday will be mostly dry and calm, though winds
will begin to pick up Tuesday evening as a storm system begins to
move through the area. By late Wednesday morning, the burn site will
see southwest gusts up to 15 mph, with sustained speeds and gusts
increasing overnight Wednesday and through Thursday. Maximum gusts up
to 42 mph are expected overnight Wednesday into early Thursday.
Precipitation is expected to start overnight Wednesday into Thursday as
well, with snow levels starting around 8000 ft and primarily rain
reaching the burn site. Rain will transition to snow sometime Thursday
afternoon and evening. 2.25 to 2.75 inches of rain are expected before
the transition to snow, then 3 to 6 inches of snow after the transition.
However, exact timing and amounts are still uncertain, and slight
deviations in the storm track could lead to changes in the forecast snow
totals.

.VETERANS DAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
Max temperature.....64-69.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light and variable winds.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 8 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 14 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY        MCLDY
CWR.............0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0
Temp............60           65
RH..............39           33
SL/VL wind......S 2G7        SW 2G10
Ridgetop wind...S 12         SW 14
Mix hgt (ft)....3000         3400
Transport wind..S 12         SW 14

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
Min temperature.....40-44.
Max humidity........54-58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming south up to 5 mph in the
                    late evening and overnight with gusts up to
15 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........South 8 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 14 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky cover.......MCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............51           45           44
RH..............56           56           54
SL/VL wind......S 2G9        S 5G13       S 5G12
Ridgetop wind...SW 25        S 30         SW 35
Mix hgt (ft)....1200         1100         1100
Transport wind..SW 8         S 12         S 13

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Chance of rain showers very late in
                    the afternoon.
Max temperature.....58-64.
Min humidity........37-44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds up to 9 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South 13 to 14 mph increasing to 24 to 31 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 31 mph increasing to 24 to 31 mph
                    in the late morning and afternoon.
CWR.................2 percent increasing to 19 percent late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY
CWR.............2            2            19
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............43           56           60
RH..............56           44           42
SL/VL wind......S 5G14       S 9G24       SW 8G25
Ridgetop wind...S 14         S 29         S 31
Mix hgt (ft)....1300         4000         4900
Transport wind..S 14         S 29         S 31

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Cooler. Showers and snow showers. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in
the upper 40s. South winds around 12 mph with gusts up to 30-40 mph
during the day and up to 20-25 mph overnight. Rain transitions to
snow sometime in the afternoon/evening.
.FRIDAY...
Snow showers and chance of showers. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in
the lower 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Precip chances taper
off through the morning and into the afternoon.
.SATURDAY...
Partly cloudy. Widespread frost. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs in
the lower 50s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...SP
Requested by...Tahoe/ American
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL mike.durocher@usda.gov,eric.husmann@usda.gov,brian.crawford@usda.gov,matthew.radtke@usda.gov,jeremy.hieronimus@usda.gov