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Spot Forecast for Woodleaf RX...Plumas National Forest

National Weather Service Sacramento CA

951 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024



Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 PDT on May 03. 

If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather

Service.



.DISCUSSION...

Warm and dry weather continues through the day Friday. Light 

northeasterly winds early Friday, with southwesterly winds 

developing by late afternoon. Confidence is high in a pattern 

change is for Friday night into the weekend, with wetting rain 

likely and much cooler temperatures. There is an 90% probability 

of 0.50" or more of rain through the weekend. There is a 15-20% 

chance of isolated thunderstorms late Saturday afternoon into 

evening. 



.FRIDAY...



Sky/weather.........Sunny. 

Max temperature.....64-68. 

Min humidity........33-37 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........ 

 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the 

                    west 3 to 6 mph in the early afternoon,

                    southwest 5 to 8 mph with gusts to 14 mph

                    in the late afternoon. 

 Ridgetop...........East around 10 mph in the morning, Southwest 

                    around 8 mph in the afternoon. 

Mixing height.......400 ft AGL rising to 4400 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....Southwest around 8 mph. 

CWR.................0 percent. 

LAL.................1. 



.FRIDAY NIGHT...



Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy. 

                    Slight chance of rain showers overnight. 

Min temperature.Friday ....41-45. 

Max humidity........98-100 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........ 

 Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the 

                    southeast 9 to 18 mph overnight. 

 Ridgetop...........South around 12 mph. 

Mixing height.......Falling to 500 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....South around 12 mph. 

CWR.................0 percent. 

LAL.................1. 



.SATURDAY...



Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Rain showers. Slight chance of 

                    isolated thunderstorms in the late

                    afternoon.

Max temperature.....46-50. 

Min humidity........81-85 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........ 

 Slope/valley.......Breezy. South winds 14 to 25 mph with

                    gusts to 35 mph. 

 Ridgetop...........South around 19 mph. 

Mixing height.......600 ft AGL rising to 1900 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....South around 19 mph. 

CWR.................95 percent. 

LAL.................1. 



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Forecaster...EK

Requested by...Jason Miller

Type of request...PRESCRIBED

.TAG 2412735.3/STO

.DELDT 05/03/24

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.EMAIL jason.t.miller@usda.gov