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Spot Forecast for Plumas Trex Baker...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
552 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0000 PDT on May 02.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Overall, conditions will be mild and calm during the forecast period. Overnight
humidities will increase between tonight and Thursday night, daytime humidities
generally stay above 35%. Winds calmer tonight and tomorrow than previous 24 hours,
becoming breezier overnight Thursday and into Friday. Directions are variable tonight
before shifting between northerly and westerly, eventually becoming southwesterly
late Friday. A cool, wet pattern returns Friday night and into the weekend, bringing
a chance for wetting rain and some light snow accumulations.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....34-39.
Max humidity........56-61 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds up to 6 mph overnight becoming
                    light.
 Ridgetop...........North around 7 mph.
Mixing height.......Lowering to 500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 7 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1
Temp............42     40     38
RH..............48     48     53
SL/VL wind......NW 6   N 5    N 3
SL/VL wind gust.7      6      6
Mix hgt (ft)....500    500    500
Transport wind..N 7    N 7    N 7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....60-65.
Min humidity........41-46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming north up to 6 mph late in
                    the morning, then shifting to the west-northwest 5
                    to 10 mph early in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........North 6 to 8 mph shifting to the west 10 to 13
                    mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......Rising to 6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 6 mph shifting to the west-northwest
around 11 mph late in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
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............37     43     53     60     61     61
RH..............58     52     48     43     44     46
SL/VL wind......N 3    N 3    N 6    NW 7   W 10   W 10
SL/VL wind gust.5      6      9      10     15     15
Mix hgt (ft)....500    2000   2000   5500   6100   6100
Transport wind..NE 6   N 8    N 8    NW 10  W 13   W 13

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear with intermittent periods of mostly
cloudy skies.
Min temperature.....36-41.
Max humidity........80-86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds around 6 mph shifting to the north around
5 mph late in the evening.
 Ridgetop...........West around 10 mph shifting to the northeast around
7 mph late in the evening.
Mixing height.......Lowering to 400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 10 mph shifting to the northeast around
7 mph late in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR    MCLEAR    MCLDY     MCLEAR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............60        49        43        40
RH..............51        68        75        80
SL/VL wind......W 8G14    W 6G10    N 5G6     N 5G6
Mix hgt (ft)....4100      600       400       400
Transport wind..W 10      W 7       N 6       N 7

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy early in the morning, becoming
mostly clear by mid-day. Increasing clouds late
afternoon.
Max temperature.....63-69.
Min humidity........37-43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast to east winds around 6 mph shifting
in the morning, then shifting to the southwest
around 6 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 6 to 10 mph, shifting to the southwest
                    7 to 14 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Rising to 7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 10 mph, shifting to the southwest
                    7 to 14 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY        MCLEAR       PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0            0            0
LAL.............1            1            1
Temp............39           54           65
RH..............79           51           40
SL/VL wind......N 5G6        NE 6G9       SW 7G12
Mix hgt (ft)....400          1200         7100
Transport wind..NE 8         NE 9         SW 7

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