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Spot Forecast for Winton...CAL FIRE
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
236 PM PDT Mon May 13 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on May 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Wednesday will be the hottest and driest day of the week with breezy
northwesterly flow over the burn site. High temperatures on Wednesday
have a 50-70% chance of exceeding 80 degrees with relative humidities
in the low 30s. Northwest winds will be sustained 10-15 mph with gusts
up to 20 mph. A cooling and moistening trend begins on Thursday,
carrying through the weekend along with increased onshore flow.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....75-80.
Min humidity........30-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
west-northwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest around 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....56-60.
Max humidity........62-66 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the east 4 to
                    8 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....75-79.
Min humidity........33-37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest
                    7 to 12 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 15 mph.
 Ridgetop...........West around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

$$
Forecaster...KF
Requested by...Steven Hewlett
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413962.0/STO
.DELDT 05/13/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL steven.hewlett@fire.ca.gov