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Spot Forecast for Royal Fire...TAHOE NF
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
814 PM PDT Mon Jul 8 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
Hot and very dry conditions continue over the wildfire early this
week. Gusty west-southwesterly winds in the afternoon 15 to 25 mph,
returning to light (less than 10 mph) downslope overnight.
Daytime RH will be in the low to mid teens with poor overnight
recovery in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Brief warm up Wednesday-Friday
before much cooler temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s
by the weekend.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Haze and areas of smoke in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....92-96.
Min humidity........12-16 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph with occasional
afternoon gusts around 20 to 25 mph.
 Ridgetop...........South around 15 mph with occasional afternoon
gusts 20 to 25 mph. .
Mixing height.......Increasing to 6900 ft AGL by the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 15 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear. Haze and areas of smoke in the evening.
Min temperature.....57-61.
Max humidity........39-43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around
                    15 to 20 mph in the early evening becoming light
overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Southeast 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph
in the early evening, becoming light overnight.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 6 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....94-98.
Min humidity........11-15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds in the morning becoming southwest
5 to 10 mph with gusts 15 to 20 mph in the
afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........South around 10 mph with afternoon gusts up to
20 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 8700 ft AGL by the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

$$
Forecaster...KF
Requested by...Rita Clipperton
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/08/24
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.EMAIL rita.clipperton@usda.gov