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Spot Forecast for French Meadows Hand Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
329 AM PDT Thu Oct 16 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0723 PDT on October 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mostly clear and dry conditions today across the region. Light
north to east winds across the area today. Warming high
temperatures are expected to continue through Sunday, then a
weather system is forecast to move through the area bringing a
non-zero chance of wetting rain to higher elevations. Periods of
locally breezy north winds Sunday and Monday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....59-63.
Min humidity........39-43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds up to 6 mph in the morning
                    becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 9 to 14 mph.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 14 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      7 AM         11 AM        3 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR       CLEAR        CLEAR
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............31           52           61
RH..............91           58           39
SL/VL wind......NE 6G13      E 5G10       NE 3G12
Ridgetop wind...E 9          NE 12        NE 10
Mix hgt (ft)....1000         3200         3700
Transport wind..E 9          NE 12        NE 10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....33-37.
Max humidity........67-71 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds up to 13 mph. Gusts up to 28
                    mph early in the evening.
 Ridgetop...........East 14 to 21 mph.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 14 to 21 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR        PCLDY        PCLDY
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............55           38           37
RH..............53           72           67
SL/VL wind......NE 5G12      NE 13G26     E 12G24
Ridgetop wind...NE 14        NE 14        E 21
Mix hgt (ft)....1900         1100         1100
Transport wind..NE 14        NE 14        E 21

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....68-72.
Min humidity........22-26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts to around 24
                    mph in the morning and early afternoon becoming
                    light.
 Ridgetop...........East 9 to 18 mph shifting to the south around 5
                    mph late in the afternoon, then shifting to the
                    southwest around 3 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 18 mph shifting to the south around 5
                    mph late in the afternoon, then shifting to the
                    southwest around 3 mph late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY        MCLEAR       MCLEAR
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............35           51           69
RH..............62           41           23
SL/VL wind......E 10G24      E 9G20       E 2G8
Ridgetop wind...E 18         E 14         S 5
Mix hgt (ft)....1100         1100         3900
Transport wind..E 18         E 14         S 5

$$
Forecaster...JW
Requested by...American River
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523556.1/STO
.DELDT 10/16/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.crawford@usda.gov,jeremy.hieronimus@usda.gov,mike.durocher@usda.gov