Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Sacramento, CA
Issued by NWS Sacramento, CA
750 FNUS76 KSTO 041852 FWSSTO Spot Forecast for Freedom Festival...Redding Fire National Weather Service Sacramento CA 1152 AM PDT Thu Jul 4 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1800 PDT on July 04. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT TUESDAY... .DISCUSSION... Very hot and dry conditions continue today in the northern Sacramento Valley. High temperatures near to slightly above 110F are expected this afternoon and into the early evening hours, with very low daytime humidity values. Light northerly winds shift to a southerly direction through the afternoon, with occasional gusts to 15 mph. Otherwise, very gradual cooling is expected late this evening, with poor overnight humidity recovery as well. .INDEPENDENCE DAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. Max temperature.....108-115. Min humidity........4-8 percent. Surface winds (mph).Light northerly winds 3 to 6 mph this morning, shifting to a southerly direction this afternoon. Wind (20 ft)........ Valley/lwr slopes..Light northerly winds 4 to 8 mph this morning, shifting to a southerly direction this afternoon. RIDGE/UPPER SLOPE.. Mixing height.......Near 6000 ft AGL early this afternoon, increasing to near 10000 ft AGL late in the afternoon. TIME (PDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............103 102 106 107 110 111 112 RH..............14 12 10 9 7 6 6 VL/LS wind dir..N N S S S S W VL/LS wind spd..5 5 3 3 3 3 3 VL/LS wind gust.10 10 10 9 9 9 8 Surface wnd dir.S S S S S W W Surface wnd spd.5 5 5 3 3 3 3 Surface wnd gst.10 10 10 9 9 9 8 Mix hgt (kft)...6.1 6.1 6.1 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear. Min temperature.....76-81. Max humidity........25-30 percent. Surface winds (mph).Light southerly winds 2 to 5 mph in the early evening, shifting to an east-northeasterly direction overnight. Wind (20 ft)........ Valley/lwr slopes..Light southerly winds 3 to 6 mph in the early evening, shifting to an east-northeasterly direction overnight. RIDGE/UPPER SLOPE.. Mixing height.......Near 9500 ft AGL in the early evening, decreasing to near 700 ft AGL late this evening into the overnight. TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............110 110 109 105 97 92 89 87 85 83 80 79 RH..............7 9 11 14 16 19 21 23 24 25 26 26 VL/LS wind dir..W W SW SW SW E NE NE NE NE N N VL/LS wind spd..3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 VL/LS wind gust.8 8 8 8 8 12 12 12 10 10 10 9 Surface wnd dir.W W SW SW SW E NE NE NE NE N N Surface wnd spd.3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 Surface wnd gst.8 8 8 8 8 12 12 12 10 10 10 9 Mix hgt (kft)...9.5 8.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 $$ Forecaster...NR Requested by...Erick Mattson Type of request...OTHER .TAG 2417257.1/STO .DELDT 07/04/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL emattson@reddingfire.org