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Spot Forecast for Royal Fire...Tahoe National Forest
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
112 PM PDT Fri Jul 12 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 13.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT SATURDAY...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 8 PM PDT
SUNDAY...

.DISCUSSION...
Hot and dry conditions will continue over the area through Saturday. Winds
will generally be light and terrain driven, with occasionally gusty
conditions in the afternoon and early evening, around 15 to 20 mph.
Temperatures begin to cool on Sunday. There is a slight chance for isolated
thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday at higher elevations, generally 10-30%
within 50 miles, highest chances occur far south of the fire.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Chance of showers and slight
                    chance of thunderstorms.
Max temperature.....93-99.
Min humidity........16-20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light, variable winds becoming southwest around
5 mph in the afternoon with gusts up to 15 mph
in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms.
 Ridgetop...........Southeast around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 9700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................2.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers in the
                    evening. Slight chance of thunderstorms through
                    the night. Chance of showers overnight.
Min temperature.....57-63.
Max humidity........58-64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds around 5 mph in the evening
                    becoming light and variable. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms.
 Ridgetop...........South around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......Lowering to 1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 8 mph.
CWR.................5 percent.
LAL.................2.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Chance of showers through the
                    day. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....86-93.
Min humidity........25-29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light, variable winds becoming southwest around
7 mph in the afternoon with gusts up to 20 mph in
the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 10 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to 9600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................2.

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Forecaster...SP
Requested by...Rita Clipperton
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417869.0/STO
.DELDT 07/12/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rita.clipperton@usda.gov