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Spot Forecast for Barron Fire...TMFPD
National Weather Service Reno NV
502 AM PDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on July 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National
Weather Service in Reno.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT PDT
TONIGHT...

.DISCUSSION...

* Gusty southwest to west winds and dry conditions will produce a
  3-6 hour period of critical fire weather conditions on Thursday
  afternoon.

* Another dry and breezy day is expected Friday, producing
  elevated and possible brief periods of critical fire weather
  conditions.

.TODAY...

Sky/Weather.........Sunny then becoming mostly cloudy.
Temperature.........56 at forecast start...Max 90-92.
RH..................47% at forecast start...Min 12-15%.
20-Foot Winds.......Upslope 3-7 mph becoming southwest 12-17 mph
                    with gusts to 30 mph after 2 PM.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Chance of thunder...5%.
Mixing Height.......11800-12800 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....Light winds becoming southwest 10-15 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Ventilation.........Poor then becoming excellent by late morning.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........6         6         26        53
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of thdr (%).0         0         10        10
Temp............60        72        87        89
RH..............54        34        17        15
20 FT wind......S 2G5     E 3G10    SW 9G15   SW 14G26
Eye level wind..S 1G3     E 2G6     SW 5G9    SW 8G17
Mx ht msl (kft).1.4       6.7       13        13
Transport wind..SW 5      SW 10     SW 15     W 15
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6         60        151       194
Ventrate Cat....POOR      GOOD      EXNT      EXNT

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy.
Temperature.........Min 54-55.
RH..................Max 39-41%.
20-Foot Winds.......West winds 12-17 mph with gusts to 30 mph
                    becoming light downslope 2-6 mph after
                    midnight.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Chance of thunder...5%.
Mixing Height.......1600-2100 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....Southwest 15-20 mph becoming light.
Ventilation.........Excellent decreasing to poor overnight.

TIME (PDT)      5 PM      8 PM      11 PM     2 AM
Sky (%).........49        45        38        26
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of thdr (%).10        0         0         0
Temp............88        78        70        62
RH..............15        19        27        33
20 FT wind......W 14G28   W 12G22   SW 5G10   SW 3G5
Eye level wind..W 8G17    W 7G13    SW 3G6    SW 2G3
Mx ht msl (kft).9.4       2.1       1.4       1.4
Transport wind..SW 20     SW 15     S 10      SW 5
Vrate kt-ft/1K..150       25        11        8
Ventrate Cat....EXNT      FAIR      MRGL      POOR

.INDEPENDENCE DAY...

Sky/Weather.........Sunny.
Temperature.........Max 83-85.
RH..................Min 11-14%.
20-Foot Winds.......Upslope 3-7 mph becoming southwest 8-13 mph
                    with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon.
Chc Wetting Rain....0%.
Chance of thunder...0%.
Mixing Height.......8300-9300 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....Southwest 10-15 mph increasing to around 20 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Ventilation.........Marginal then becoming excellent by late
                    morning.

TIME (PDT)      5 AM      8 AM      11 AM     2 PM
Sky (%).........14        5         4         6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of thdr (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............55        62        76        82
RH..............39        31        17        14
20 FT wind......SW 2G5    SW 3G10   SW 7G15   SW 12G22
Eye level wind..SW 1G3    SW 2G6    SW 4G9    SW 7G14
Mx ht msl (kft).1.4       3.4       7.8       9.5
Transport wind..SW 10     SW 15     SW 15     SW 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..10        51        117       161
Ventrate Cat....MRGL      GOOD      EXNT      EXNT

$$
Forecaster...Deutschendorf/Chyba
Requested by...Juan Saldana
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2517100.1/REV
.DELDT 07/03/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jsaldana@tmfpd.us