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Spot Forecast for Cascade 132...US Forest Service
National Weather Service Reno NV
647 PM PST Fri Nov 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PST on November 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National
Weather Service in Reno.

.DISCUSSION...

* Rain/snow mix possible Saturday morning before turning all
  snow by late morning. More showery conditions continue
  through Saturday evening.

* Gusty southwesterly winds continue on Saturday, but are
  expected to gradually taper through the day. Lighter winds
  prevail through Sunday.

* Another system brings additional rounds of rain and snow
  late Sunday into Tuesday, though less wind expected.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Cloudy. 90% chance of rain/snow mix early
                    in the morning, turning to all snow around
                    8 am local. Snow chances decrease to 60%
                    around 10 am.
Temperature.........38 at ignition...Max 41.
RH..................97% at ignition...Min 86%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southwest winds 13-18 mph with gusts to
                    around 30 mph decreasing to 8-13
                    mph in the afternoon.
LAL.................1.
Chc Wetting Rain....95%.
Mixing Height.......2600-3600 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....Southwest 25-30 mph.
Ventilation.........Good to very good.
Haines Index........2.

TIME (PST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM
Sky (%).........97     85     74     74     71
Weather cov.....DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
Weather type....RA/SN  SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............100    100    60     60     60
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1
Temp............38     39     38     38     38
RH..............97     99     100    100    96
20 ft wind......SW 18  SW 17  SW 13  SW 13  SW 10
20 ft wind gust.30     25     20     20     15
Mx ht msl (kft).2.2    3.2    3.5    3.5    3.6
Transport wind..SW 25  SW 30  SW 30  SW 30  SW 30
Haines index....2      2      2      2      2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..47     84     99     99     97
Ventrate Cat....FAIR   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Cloudy. 60% chance of snow.
                    overnight.
Temperature.........Min 28.
RH..................Max 100%.
20-Foot Winds.......Downslope 2-6 mph.
LAL.................1.
Chc Wetting Rain....55% decreasing to 20% overnight.
Mixing Height.......1700-2200 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....Southwest 20-25 mph.
Ventilation.........Good to fair.
Haines Index........2 to 3.

TIME (PST)      4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM
Sky (%).........82     82     85     78     78     78
Weather cov.....LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
Weather type....SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............60     60     60     20     20     20
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............38     37     38     36     34     32
RH..............90     87     86     88     89     92
20 ft wind......SW 6   SW 6   SW 6   SW 6   SW 6   SW 6
20 ft wind gust.10     10     10     10     10     10
Mx ht msl (kft).2.8    2.8    1.9    1.6    1.6    1.4
Transport wind..SW 25  SW 25  SW 20  SW 20  SW 20  SW 20
Haines index....2      2      2      3      3      3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..62     62     34     26     26     25
Ventrate Cat....GOOD   GOOD   POOR   POOR   POOR   POOR

.SUNDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. 40% chance of snow.
Temperature.........Max 35.
RH..................Min 78%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southwest winds around 7-9 mph.
LAL.................1.
Chc Wetting Rain....15% increasing to 25% in the afternoon.
Mixing Height.......3600-4600 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....Southwest 10-15 mph.
Ventilation.........Marginal to very good.
Haines Index........2 to 3.

TIME (PST)      4 AM   6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM
Sky (%).........63     63     63     74     74     74
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20     20     20     30     30     30
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............31     29     30     33     34     34
RH..............92     96     99     98     95     88
20 ft wind......SW 7   SW 7   SW 5   SW 6   SW 6   SW 7
20 ft wind gust.10     10            10     10     10
Mx ht msl (kft).1.4    1.4    1.4    3.4    3.4    4.7
Transport wind..SW 15  SW 15  SW 10  SW 15  SW 15  SW 15
Haines index....3      3      3      2      2      2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..22     22     11     48     48     70
Ventrate Cat....POOR   POOR   POOR   FAIR   FAIR   GOOD

$$
Forecaster...Whitlam
Requested by...David deleon
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL david.deleon@usda.gov