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Spot Forecast for Burton Creek 2025 Prescribed Fire...CA State Parks
National Weather Service Reno NV
1248 PM PDT Tue Sep 30 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 PDT on September 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National
Weather Service in Reno.

.DISCUSSION...

* Spotty rain showers continue this afternoon through Thursday
  with low chances for isolated thunderstorms.

* Cooler temperatures, above average relative humidity and
  southwest winds prevail through mid-week.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of showers.
Temperature.........52-54 at ignition...Max 52-55.
RH..................55-57% at ignition...Min 51-56%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southwest winds 5-10 mph.
Chc Wetting Rain....5%.
Chance of thunder...10%.
Mixing Height.......3700-3900 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....Southwest around 30 mph.
Ventilation.........Very good.

TIME (PDT)      2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........66     66
Weather cov.....S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10     10
Chc of thdr (%).10     10
Temp............54     52
RH..............54     57
20 ft wind......SW 9   SW 9
20 ft wind gust.15     15
Mx ht msl (kft).3.8    3.8
Transport wind..SW 30  SW 30
Vrate kt-ft/1K..91     91
Ventrate Cat....VYGD   VYGD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/Weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
                    Chance of showers early in the evening, then
                    slight chance of showers late in the evening.
Temperature.........Min 39-42.
RH..................Max 95-100%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southwest winds 5-10 mph.
Chc Wetting Rain....15% decreasing to 5% overnight.
Chance of thunder...5%.
Mixing Height.......1200-1700 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....Southwest around 30 mph decreasing to around 20
                    mph in the late evening and overnight.
Ventilation.........Very good in the evening decreasing to fair
   overnight.

TIME (PDT)      5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM
Sky (%).........59     59     43     38     38     47
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20     20     20     10     10     10
Chc of thdr (%).10     10     0      0      0      0
Temp............50     47     45     44     43     42
RH..............76     84     88     87     90     89
20 ft wind......SW 9   SW 9   SW 10  SW 10  SW 10  SW 8
20 ft wind gust.15     15     15     15     15     15
Mx ht msl (kft).3.0    3.0    2.1    1.3    1.3    1.1
Transport wind..SW 30  SW 30  SW 20  SW 20  SW 20  SW 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..72     72     39     24     24     21
Ventrate Cat....VYGD   VYGD   FAIR   FAIR   FAIR   FAIR

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/Weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
                    Slight chance of showers in the late morning
                    and afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 55-59.
RH..................Min 63-68%.
20-Foot Winds.......Southwest winds 5-10 mph.
Chc Wetting Rain....10%.
Chance of thunder...5%.
Mixing Height.......2200-3200 ft agl.
Transport Winds.....Southwest around 20 mph.
Ventilation.........Fair in the morning the increasing to good in
the late morning and afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM
Sky (%).........37     37     45     54     54     61
Weather cov.....              S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10     10     10     10     10     10
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      10     10     10
Temp............41     39     47     50     54     55
RH..............95     99     95     90     75     72
20 ft wind......SW 5   SW 5   SW 5   SW 6   SW 6   SW 7
20 ft wind gust.                     10     10     10
Mx ht msl (kft).1.2    1.2    2.3    3.1    3.1    3.2
Transport wind..SW 20  SW 20  SW 20  SW 20  SW 20  SW 20
Vrate kt-ft/1K..21     21     36     56     56     58
Ventrate Cat....FAIR   FAIR   FAIR   GOOD   GOOD   GOOD

$$
Forecaster...Deutschendorf/Crespo
Requested by...Jack Harvey
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2522494.1/REV
.DELDT 09/30/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jack.harvey@parks.ca.gov,rich.adams@parks.ca.gov