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Spot Forecast for Tobacco Gulch Rx...USFS ENF
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
655 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on May 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Overall, conditions will be mild and calm during the forecast period. Overnight
humidities will increase between tonight and Thursday night. Winds lighter tonight and
tomorrow than previous 24 hours, becoming breezier on Friday. Winds will be generally
shift diurnally between northeasterly and northwesterly, becoming more southwesterly
Friday afternoon. A cool, wet pattern returns Friday night and into the weekend, bringing
a chance for wetting rain and possible thunderstorms on Saturday (about 15-20% probability).

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....66-71.
Min humidity........34-40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds around 5 mph shifting to northwest 5
                    to 10 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....46-51.
Max humidity........64-69 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the east
                    up to 5 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest around 10 mph shifting northeast around
5 mph.
Mixing height.......Lowering to 300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph shifting northeast around
5 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....68-73.
Min humidity........38-44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds around 5 mph shifting to the west 5 to
                    10 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........East around 6 mph shifting to the southwest around
7 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 4100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 6 mph shifting to the southwest around
7 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

$$
Forecaster...SP
Requested by...Dave Foster
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/02/24
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.EMAIL david.c.foster@usda.gov