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Spot Forecast for French Meadows Hand Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
829 AM PDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on October 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A cold, wet system will continue to bring widespread rain,
mountain snow, breezy south winds, and only a slight chance of a
thunderstorm (10%) through around midnight tonight. Highest
snowfall amounts expected south of Highway 50, with snow levels
5500-6500 feet.  Mainly dry conditions are expected starting Wednesday.
The next chance of moisture will be Sunday along with some gusty
southerly winds.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers early in
                    the morning, then rain showers in the
                    afternoon.
Max temperature.....49-53.
Min humidity........75-79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........East 10 to 13 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 6 mph late in the afternoon, then
                    shifting to the southwest around 7 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 13 mph shifting to the northwest
                    around 6 mph late in the afternoon, then
                    shifting to the southwest around 7 mph late in
                    the afternoon.
CWR.................32 percent increasing to 90 percent late in the
                    morning.
Chance of thunder...9 percent.

TIME (PDT)      8 AM         NOON         4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY        CLOUDY       CLOUDY
CWR.............30           90           90
Chc of thdr (%).0            10           10
Temp............35           49           48
RH..............98           70           82
SL/VL wind......NE 3G8       N 3G10       SW 3G12
Ridgetop wind...E 10         E 15         NE 15
Mix hgt (ft)....1900         3100         2100
Transport wind..E 13         E 10         NW 6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Rain showers in the evening. Snow
                    showers through the night. Chance of rain
                    showers overnight.
Min temperature.....28-32.
Max humidity........98-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest up to 6 mph
                    early in the evening.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest 7 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 8 mph.
CWR.................90 percent decreasing to 17 percent.
Chance of thunder...4 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky cover.......CLOUDY       CLOUDY       CLOUDY
CWR.............90           90           80
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............43           32           32
RH..............88           100          99
SL/VL wind......SW 3G9       SW 6G14      SW 6G13
Ridgetop wind...N 15         N 15         N 25
Mix hgt (ft)....1700         1300         1400
Transport wind..SW 7         SW 7         SW 8

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers and snow
                    showers in the morning before 7 AM.
Max temperature.....48-52.
Min humidity........68-72 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds up to 5 mph early in the
                    morning becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........Southwest around 8 mph shifting to the west 6
                    to 7 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 8 mph shifting to the west 6
                    to 7 mph late in the morning.
CWR.................17 percent decreasing to 1 percent early in the
                    morning.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......CLOUDY       CLOUDY       MCLDY
CWR.............20           20           0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............31           38           50
RH..............100          94           69
SL/VL wind......SW 5G10      SW 3G8       W 3G9
Ridgetop wind...NW 25        NW 30        NW 30
Mix hgt (ft)....1400         1500         1900
Transport wind..SW 8         W 8          W 7

$$
Forecaster...WR
Requested by...American River
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523556.0/STO
.DELDT 10/14/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.crawford@usda.gov,jeremy.hieronimus@usda.gov,mike.durocher@usda.gov