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Spot Forecast for Plumas TREX...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
437 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1700 PDT on May 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Warm and dry weather continues through the day Friday. Westerly
winds diminish this evening, shifting to light northeasterly.
Good recovery is expected tonight, with southwesterly winds
developing by Friday afternoon. Humidity will trend slightly
lower Friday afternoon, around 25%. Confidence is high in a
pattern change is for Friday night into the weekend, with wetting
rain likely and much cooler temperatures, with very light snow
accumulations possible Saturday night. Showers spread into the
area by around midnight Friday night. There is an 80% probability
of 0.50" or more of rain through the weekend.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....67-72.
Min humidity........31-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 6 to 14 mph with gusts to 20 mph.
 Ridgetop...........West northwest around 20 mph.
Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 17 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      5 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0
LAL.............1
Temp............69
RH..............35
SL/VL wind......W 14
SL/VL wind gust.20
Ridgetop wind...M
Mix hgt (ft)....4800
Transport wind..W 17

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....34-38.
Max humidity........84-88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 12 mph in the evening
                    becoming northeast 2 to 5 mph.
 Ridgetop...........West 9 to 17 mph shifting to the north 5 to 7
                    mph late in the evening, then shifting to the
                    northeast around 7 mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......Falling 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 17 mph shifting to the north 5 to 7
                    mph late in the evening, then shifting to the
                    northeast around 7 mph early in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  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............64     56     49     45     41     38
RH..............38     51     67     78     81     83
SL/VL wind......W 12   W 9    NW 6   N 3    N 3    NE 3
SL/VL wind gust.18     14     9      5      6      6
Mix hgt (ft)....4800   600    600    500    400    400
Transport wind..W 17   W 9    W 9    N 5    NE 7   NE 7

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....69-73.
Min humidity........23-27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 2 to 5 mph becoming southwest
                    5 to 9 mph with gusts to 13 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........East 5 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest 6 to
                    9 mph late in the morning, then shifting to the
                    west around 13 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Rising to 6700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest 6 to
                    9 mph late in the morning, then shifting to the
                    west around 13 mph late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR     CLEAR     MCLEAR    MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............37        46        62        69
RH..............79        58        34        25
SL/VL wind......NE 2G5    SE 2G5    S 3G6     SW 8G13
Mix hgt (ft)....400       1900      4500      6700
Transport wind..NE 7      E 8       S 6       SW 9

$$
Forecaster...EK
Requested by...Michael Sprinkle
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412669.4/STO
.DELDT 05/02/24
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.EMAIL michael.sprinkle@usda.gov