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Spot Forecast for D54 Pile Burn...U.S. Forest Service
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
810 PM PDT Mon Mar 25 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 PDT on March 26.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Rain looks to start for the location on Wednesday evening but
change over to snow Thursday morning when a few inches of
snow will be possible. Snow levels will rise a little but
fluctuate into the weekend over the burn location with snow
levels mostly ranging in the 4500 to 5000 foot range.
This first system(Wednesday night and Thursday) is expected
to bring 1 to 1.25 inches of rain/rain equivalent with the
second system(Friday and Saturday) expected to be a
little stronger with 2 to 2.5 inches of rain/rain
equivalent possible. The strongest winds will be associated
with each approaching front Wednesday night and
Friday afternoon/evening with winds 10 to 20 mph and gusts
20 to 35 mph.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....48-52.
Min humidity........44-48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 10 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest around 11 mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 11 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Min temperature.....27-31.
Max humidity........98-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the east
                    up to 5 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny then becoming mostly cloudy.
Max temperature.....51-55.
Min humidity........38-42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the southwest
                    9 to 14 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Showers and chance of snow showers. Lows in the
lower 30s. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...
Mostly cloudy with showers likely and chance of snow showers.
Lows around 30. Highs in the mid 40s. Southeast winds around
10 mph increasing to 15 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY...
Rain with snow higher elevations. Lows around 30. Highs in
the mid 40s. South winds around 11 mph.

$$
Forecaster...RB
Requested by...David Reynolds
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2408440.0/STO
.DELDT 03/26/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL bradley.walker@usda.gov,david.reynolds@usda.gov


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