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Spot Forecast for COYOTE FIRE...CAL FIRE
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
346 PM PDT Thu Aug 21 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 PDT on August 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Hot and dry conditions continue Friday through the weekend, with
low daytime humidity and poor overnight recovery. Winds will be
light and from the east overnight into the morning hours, with
westerly winds during the day gusting up to 12 mph in the
afternoon. There is a non-zero (10% or less) chance for isolated
afternoon and evening thunderstorms Friday through early next
week, with the greatest potential on Saturday. The majority of
thunderstorm activity will remain further east and away from the
incident, however a stray shower or outflow cannot be ruled out.
Temperatures begin to gradually cool Sunday onward with higher
daytime humidity and improved overnight recovery.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....92-96.
Min humidity........18-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light east winds shifting to west 4 to 8 mph
                    in the afternoon with gusts up to 12 mph.
Transport winds.....Light east winds shifting to west 5 to 10 mph
                    in the afternoon.
Chance of thunder...3 percent.

TIME (PDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............74     83     92     93     93     94
RH..............31     27     21     20     20     20
20 ft wind......E 3    S 2    SW 2   SW 3   W 3    W 3
20 ft wind gust.7      7      8      12     12     9
Mix hgt (ft)....400    1700   4600   4600   5400   3500
Transport wind..E 9    SE 5   S 9    S 9    SW 9   W 6

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Min temperature.....74-78.
Max humidity........31-35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 6 mph shifting to light
                    east winds by the evening.
Chance of thunder...1 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............92     86     79     79     78     77
RH..............20     26     30     29     31     32
20 ft wind......W 3    NW 2   NW 2   E 2    E 2    E 2
20 ft wind gust.9      5      5      7      6      6
Mix hgt (ft)....3500   400    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..W 6    NW 5   NW 5   NE 5   E 7    E 7

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....91-95.
Min humidity........21-25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming westerly around 5 mph in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest 6 to
                    12 mph late in the morning.
Chance of thunder...6 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY     PCLDY     PCLDY     PCLDY
Chc of thdr (%).0         0         0         10
Temp............77        85        93        93
RH..............34        30        23        23
20 FT wind......E 3G6     E 3G7     SW 2G8    W 3G12
Mix hgt (ft)....400       400       4600      6400
Transport wind..E 8       E 6       SW 6      SW 12

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...

.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
Highs in the lower 90s. Light winds.

.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers. Lows in the lower 70s.
Highs in the upper 80s. Light winds.

.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers. Lows around 70. Highs in the
upper 80s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...KF
Requested by...Brian Newman
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520405.0/STO
.DELDT 08/21/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.newman@fire.ca.gov