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Spot Forecast for Park Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
115 PM PDT Wed Sep 18 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on September 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
While another round of showers and thunderstorms is expected
along the Sierra Thursday afternoon and evening, current
probabilities of this activity impacting the Park Fire and
vicinity are only around 10% to 15% at this time. Otherwise, a
warming and drying trend is then expected from Friday into next
week, with above normal temperatures and periodically breezy
northerly winds accompanying this pattern shift.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny. Slight (10-15%) chance of rain
                    showers in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....70-80.
Min humidity........36-41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 8 to 10 mph and occasional gusts to
                    15 mph through the morning, decreasing to 5 to 7
                    mph in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........East around 12 mph.
Mixing height.......Near 600 ft AGL in the morning, rising to near
                    5100 ft AGL by the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 12 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....39-55.
Max humidity........60-100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light and variable winds through the evening
                    becoming north-northeasterly shifting to the
                    northeast 5 to 7 mph overnight.
 Ridgetop...........North around 6 mph.
Mixing height.......Falling to near 500 ft AGL overnight.
Transport winds.....North around 6 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....65-80.
Min humidity........30-40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Breezy northeast winds up to 10 mph through the
                    morning, shifting to the northwest in the
                    afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........North around 8 mph.
Mixing height.......Rising to near 5000 ft AGL by the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North around 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SATURDAY...
Clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the lower 70s. Light
winds.
.SUNDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 70s. Light
winds.
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid 70s.
Northeast winds around 5 mph.

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Forecaster...NR
Requested by...Brian Watts
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2422676.0/STO
.DELDT 09/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL 2024.park.plans@firenet.gov, jacob.botts@usda.gov