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Spot Forecast for Moccasin Fire...CAL FIRE
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
329 PM PDT Wed Jul 3 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 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 weather continues this week into the weekend
with daytime max temperatures in the 100s and overnight lows in
the low to mid 70s. Daytime humidities will be 10 to 15 percent
each day this week with poor overnight recoveries (max RHs in
the low to mid 30s). Light west winds are expected late
morning with occasionally gusty winds in the afternoon up to
15 mph. Terrain-driven, light winds under 10 mph in the late evening
and overnight hours. Dry conditions and hot temperatures continue
into next week.


.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Haze in the morning, then areas of
                    smoke.
Max temperature.....100-104.
Min humidity........10-15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west up to 6 mph in
                    the morning.
 Ridgetop...........East around 8 mph shifting to the southwest
                    early in the morning. Then shifting to the west
                    5 to 10 mph late in the afternoon with gusts
up to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 6900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 8 mph shifting to the southwest
                    early in the morning. Then shifting to the west
                    5 to 10 mph late in the afternoon, with gusts
up to 15 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

TIME (PDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....DEF ARS                     DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....HAZ SMK                     HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............75  79  84  90  94  96  98  100 101 101 102
RH..............32  31  27  23  20  19  16  14  13  13  13
SL/VL wind dir..E   SE  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W
SL/VL wind spd..2   2   2   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   6
SL/VL wind gust.6   6   6   7   9   12  13  14  14  14  13
Ridge wind dir..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Ridge wind spd..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 6.9 6.9 6.9 5.7
Transp wind dir.E   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.8   3   3   3   6   6   6   7   7   7   6

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear. Haze in the evening. Areas of smoke
                    overnight, then haze after 3 am.
Min temperature.....70-74.
Max humidity........31-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds up to 6 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
 Ridgetop...........West 5 to 10 mph in the early evening, shifting
to the east 5 to 10 mph late in the evening.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 6 mph increasing to 5 to 10 mph in
                    the evening, then shifting to the east 5 to 10
                    mph late in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

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.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF     ARS ARS ARS DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ     SMK SMK SMK HAZ HAZ HAZ
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............100 99  95  87  82  79  77  75  74  73  72  72
RH..............14  15  19  26  30  32  33  34  33  32  30  29
SL/VL wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
SL/VL wind spd..6   6   5   5   5   2   2   2   3   3   3   3
SL/VL wind gust.13  13  9   9   9   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
Ridge wind dir..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Ridge wind spd..M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M   M
Mix hgt (kft)...5.7 5.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.6   6   8   8   8   5   5   5   8   8   8   7

$$
Forecaster...KF
Requested by...Brian Newman
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2417269.2/STO
.DELDT 07/03/24
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.EMAIL brian.newman@fire.ca.gov