Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Sacramento, CA

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
657
FNUS76 KSTO 142332
FWSSTO

Spot Forecast for Mineral HQ Rx...NPS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
432 PM PDT Tue May 14 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 PDT on May 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather, low relative humidity and light winds expected over
the burn location through the week.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....77-81.
Min humidity........19-23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 5 to 9 mph shifting to the northwest
                    5 to 8 mph late in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........East 8 to 14 mph shifting to the north around 8
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 14 mph shifting to the north around
                    8 mph late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1
Temp............68     76     79     78
RH..............31     24     22     23
SL/VL wind......E 9    E 8    E 8    NW 8
SL/VL wind gust.13     13     12     13
Ridgetop wind...E 14   E 8    N 8    N 8
Mix hgt (ft)....1200   4300   6500   6500
Transport wind..E 14   E 8    N 8    N 8

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....49-53.
Max humidity........45-49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    northeast up to 5 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight, then becoming light early in the
                    morning.
 Ridgetop...........North 6 to 8 mph shifting to the northeast
                    around 8 mph late in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 8 mph shifting to the
                    northeast late in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............77     67     60     56     54     52
RH..............26     38     40     41     42     44
SL/VL wind......NW 7   N 6    NE 5   E 5    E 5    E 5
SL/VL wind gust.10     8      7      7      6      6
Ridgetop wind...NW 8   N 6    N 6    NE 8   NE 8   NE 8
Mix hgt (ft)....3700   400    400    500    400    400
Transport wind..NW 8   N 6    N 6    NE 8   NE 8   NE 8

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....75-79.
Min humidity........29-33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph late
                    in the morning.
 Ridgetop...........East 6 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest 9 to
                    13 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 8 mph shifting to the southwest 9
                    to 12 mph late in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR     CLEAR     CLEAR     CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............52        62        76        77
RH..............47        42        30        32
SL/VL wind......E 3G6     E 3G6     SW 7G10   W 10G15
Ridgetop wind...E 3G6     E 3G6     SW 7G10   W 10G1
Mix hgt (ft)....400       700       4900      4900
Transport wind..E 8       E 6       SW 9      W 10

$$
Forecaster...CS
Requested by...Dan Ostmann
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414209.0/STO
.DELDT 05/14/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL daniel_ostmann@nps.gov