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Spot Forecast for Pine Acres VMP...CAL FIRE
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
956 PM PDT Mon May 6 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on May 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry and warming weather is expected through midweek. Winds look to
shift diurnally, with primarily northwesterly winds during the afternoon
hours. Strongest winds, with gusts 20-25 mph at times, are expected from
Wednesday evening through Thursday morning. Despite the dry northerly
component to the winds, afternoon minimum RH values are only expected
to drop into the upper 20s to low 30s.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....70-75.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East-northeast winds 7 to 10 mph shifting to
                    the west-northwest in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......Near 500 ft AGL in the morning, rising to near
                    3800 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....52-57.
Max humidity........38-43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 8 to 12 mph in the early evening,
                    shifting to the east 12 to 17 mph overnight. Gusts
                    to 22 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........East around 14 mph.
Mixing height.......Near 3500 ft AGL in the early evening, falling to near
                    500 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....East around 14 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....75-80.
Min humidity........28-33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East-southeast winds 11 to 15 mph shifting to the west-
                    northwest to 9 to 14 mph in the afternoon. Gusts to 20
                    mph through the morning.
 Ridgetop...........East around 14 mph.
Mixing height.......Near 500 ft AGL in the morning, rising to near 4900 ft
                    AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 14 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

$$
Forecaster...NR
Requested by...ALEX ELLIOTT
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411230.0/STO
.DELDT 05/07/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL alex.elliott@fire.ca.gov