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Spot Forecast for Royal Fire...TAHOE NF
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
306 PM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT SUNDAY...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
Slightly cooler temperatures are expected Sunday as a cooling trend
continues and moderate HeatRisk returns to the area. Winds will
generally be light and terrain driven, with occasionally gusty
conditions in the afternoon and early evening, around 15 to 20 mph.
There is a slight chance for isolated thunderstorms on Sunday at
higher elevations, generally 15-35% within 50 miles, highest
chances occur far south of the fire.


.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Chance of showers through the
                    day. Chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....85-89.
Min humidity........26-30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light, terrain-driven winds in the morning
becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon
with gusts 15-20 mph. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 10 mph with gusts 15-20 mph
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 8300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 10 mph.
CWR.................4 percent.
LAL.................3.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....54-58.
Max humidity........60-64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 10 mph with early evening gusts
15 to 20 mph in the early evening becoming
                    light and terrain-driven (less than 5 mph).
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph
in the early evening, becoming light and
terrain-driven overnight.
Mixing height.......Decreasing to 1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 6 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....86-90.
Min humidity........23-27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in
                    the afternoon with gusts up to 15 mph.
 Ridgetop...........South 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 10800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 7 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

$$
Forecaster...KF
Requested by...Rita Clipperton
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417965.0/STO
.DELDT 07/13/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rita.clipperton@usda.gov