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Spot Forecast for Gold Fire...USFS
National Weather Service San Diego CA
548 AM PDT Sun Aug 17 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 PDT on August 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry but relatively quiet conditions persisting through Monday with
winds largely terrain dominant. Upslope flow in the late morning
and afternoon is followed by downslope winds in the evening and
overnight hours with 20ft winds up to 15 mph at the strongest.
Afternoon humidity today and Monday falling to near 15 percent
with overnight recovery Monday morning around 40-45 percent.

A gradual warming trend is expected for the mid-late week but
increasing moisture keeps minimum humidities closer to 20 percent.
Shower and thunderstorm chances increase towards the end of the
week as well, with about a 20 percent chance of afternoon
thunderstorms on Thursday. Higher chances (35 percent) of
thunderstorms on Friday afternoon. Any thunderstorms could bring
gusty/erratic winds, lightning, and heavy downpours.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........16 percent.
Eye level winds.....Northeast winds around 4 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast around 5 mph.
CWR.................1 percent.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 6 mph.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 41.
Max humidity........43 percent.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 6 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......South winds 6 to 8 mph.
 Ridgetop...........South around 10 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 7 mph.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........14 percent.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds in the morning near 5 mph
                    shift to the northeast in the afternoon
near 10 mph.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph shifting to the
   north 8 to 12 with gusts around 15 mph.
Ridgetop...........South around 5 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 7 mph.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.TUESDAY...
Clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 80s. Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the mid 80s. Light
winds.
.THURSDAY...
Mostly clear. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in
the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 80s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...DAVID MUNYAN
Requested by...Giles McGervey
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520049.0/SGX
.DELDT 08/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL giles.mcgervey@usda.gov