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Spot Forecast for Valley Creek RX...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
1016 PM PDT Wed May 15 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PDT on May 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure ridge that has provided the warm and very dry
conditions the past few days will gradually weaken into early
next week. This will bring cooler temperatures and higher
relative humidity to the burn location, otherwise dry weather and
light winds are expected.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....69-73.
Min humidity........32-36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....51-55.
Max humidity........68-72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 9 mph shifting to the northeast
                    up to 5 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Southeast around 6 mph.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 6 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....68-72.
Min humidity........36-40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest
                    5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 7 mph.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY...
Clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs around 70. Northeast winds
around 7 mph.
.SUNDAY...
Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds
around 7 mph.
.MONDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs around 60. East winds
around 7 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 40s.
Highs in the upper 50s.

$$
Forecaster...CS
Requested by...Andy Delorenzo
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2414013.2/STO
.DELDT 05/16/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL daron.jackson@usda.gov,JASON.T.MILLER@USDA.GOV,JAMES.LICO@USDA.GOV,ANDREW.DELORENZO@USDA.GOV