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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Sacramento, CA

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FNUS76 KSTO 091844
FWSSTO

Spot Forecast for Arroyo Seco RX3 burn...Forest Service
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1144 AM PDT Tue Apr 9 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on April 11.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...Warm and dry conditions expected through Thursday
with mostly light winds for the burn site. Approaching weather
system will bring unsettled weather Friday with increased westerly
afternoon winds, cooler, and wetter conditions. Snow levels will
remain above 5,000 feet throughout the system, and precipitation
will fall as rain at burn site. Wetting rains will begin as early
as Friday night, with the heaviest expected Saturday. Rainfall
totals from Friday night through Saturday will be around 0.50".
Westerly winds will peak Friday and Saturday afternoons with gusts
to around 20-30 mph possible.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....79-83.
Min humidity........27-31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southeast winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the west
                    in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 6 mph.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 6 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....51-55.
Max humidity........81-85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 5 to 6 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........South around 6 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 6 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....71-75.
Min humidity........47-51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    west to southwest 7 to 12 mph with gusts to
                    20-25 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South around 9 mph.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 9 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

$$
Forecaster...CP
Requested by...andrew kenner
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2410122.0/STO
.DELDT 04/09/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL andrew.kenner@usda.gov,david.elizondo@usda.gov,michael.rose1@usda.gov