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Spot Forecast for Colfax 3rd of July Event...Cal Fire - NEU
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
531 AM PDT Thu Jul 3 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 PDT on July 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mostly sunny, dry, and breezy conditions are expected today.
Winds will be from the southwest with periodic afternoon/early
evening gusts 15 to 20 mph, and gusts up to 25 along upper slopes
and ridges. Winds are forecast to weaken heading into the late
evening hours as they shift out of the southeast, but ridge winds
will continue to be breezy. Relative humidities will be in the mid
20s to low 30s during the afternoon hours with overnight values
in the mid to upper 60s. Temperatures will follow a gradual
cooling trend heading into the weekend.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....85-89.
Min humidity........26-30 percent.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph with afternoon
gusts 15 to 20 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Valley/lwr slopes..Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph with afternoon
gusts 15 to 20 mph.
 RIDGE/UPPER SLOPE..South 10 to 15 mph with periodic afternoon
gusts 20 to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 18 mph.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0
Temp............84     85     85
RH..............32     28     26
VL/LS wind......S 6    S 7    SW 7
VL/LS wind gust.14     16     16
Surface wind....S 6    S 7    SW 7
Surface wnd gst.14     16     16
Ridge/upslp spd.S 20   S 20   S 25
Mix hgt (ft)....4200   5500   5500
Transport wind..S 15   S 18   S 18

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming clear.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....54-58.
Max humidity........65-69 percent.
Surface winds (mph).South winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    southeast up to 5 mph late in the evening, then
                    becoming light late in the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Valley/lwr slopes..Southeast winds up to 6 mph in the evening
                    becoming light.
 RIDGE/UPPER SLOPE..Southwest periodic gusts 20 to 25 mph.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 9 to 15 mph.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR PCLDY  MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............84     78     69     65     62     59
RH..............28     36     51     57     62     66
VL/LS wind......S 6    S 6    SE 5   SE 3   SE 2   SE 2
VL/LS wind gust.15     13     10     7      6      5
Surface wind....S 6    S 6    SE 5   SE 3   SE 2   SE 2
Surface wnd gst.15     13     10     7      6      5
Ridge/upslp spd.SW 25  SW 20  S 25   SW 25  SW 25  SW 20
Mix hgt (ft)....4800   600    600    300    300    300
Transport wind..S 15   S 12   S 12   SE 10  SE 9   SE 9

$$
Forecaster...KF
Requested by...James Schichtel
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2516971.0/STO
.DELDT 07/03/25
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.EMAIL james.schichtel@fire.ca.gov