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Spot Forecast for Royal Fire...Tahoe National Forest
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
626 PM PDT Fri Jul 19 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on July 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Generally dry conditions prevail near the Royal Fire through the
weekend, with diurnal wind shifts and seasonably warm temperatures
persisting. Additionally, a 10% chance of isolated thunderstorms
will be possible Saturday afternoon and early evening, although
best thunderstorm chances are expected to remain further eastward.
The primary hazards with any thunderstorms that do develop in the
vicinity of the fire will be gusty, erratic winds and lightning.
Sunday looks to see similar conditions to Saturday, with lower
attendant thunderstorm potential (less than 5% chance).

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy in
                    the afternoon.
Max temperature.....91-96.
Min humidity........20-25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light east-southeast winds 2 to 4 mph through
                    the morning becoming west-southwesterly 5 to 8 mph
                    in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Southeast winds 3 to 5 mph through the morning,
                    becoming southwesterly 6 to 10 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......Near 1000 ft AGL in the morning, rising to near
                    9500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....57-62.
Max humidity........51-56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 4 to 6 mph in the evening becoming
                    east-northeasterly 2 to 4 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Northwest 5 to 7 mph in the evening, becoming
                    east-northeasterly 3 to 5 mph overnight.
Mixing height.......Lowering to near 1000 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....North around 6 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy in
                    the afternoon.
Max temperature.....89-94.
Min humidity........23-28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light easterly winds 2 to 4 mph in the morning
                    becoming southwesterly 5 to 7 mph in the
                    afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Easterly winds 3 to 5 mph in the morning becoming
                    southwesterly around 6 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Rising to near 8500 ft AGL in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South around 7 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

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Forecaster...NR
Requested by...Fuels 32
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 07/19/24
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.EMAIL kenneth.remmert@usda.gov