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Spot Forecast for French Meadows Hand Piles...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
225 AM PDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0720 PDT on October 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
A period of dry weather and gradually warming temperatures is
expected through the forecast period. Daytime relative humidities
will be in the 20s to low 30s with overnight recoveries in the
50s. Locally breezy northeast to east winds are expected during
the morning hours, with gusts up to 15 mph at times.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....69-73.
Min humidity........19-24 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast to east winds up to 7 mph with gusts to
                    around 15 mph becoming light by late morning.
 Ridgetop...........East around 8 to 13 mph shifting to the north to
                    northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 8 to 13 mph shifting to the north to
                    northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      7 AM         11 AM        3 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY        PCLDY        MCLEAR
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............37           59           71
RH..............52           31           23
SL/VL wind......NE 7G16      E 3G9        SW 2G9
Ridgetop wind...E 13         E 8          NE 5
Mix hgt (ft)....1100         2900         4000
Transport wind..E 13         E 8          NE 5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....40-44.
Max humidity........53-57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light northeast winds becoming east up to 6 mph.
 Ridgetop...........North less than 5 mph shifting to the east 5 to 10
                    mph early in the evening.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North less than 5 mph shifting to the east 5 to 10
                    mph early in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR       CLEAR        CLEAR
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............63           46           44
RH..............41           52           53
SL/VL wind......N 2G5        NE 6G10      E 5G10
Ridgetop wind...N 2          E 6          E 9
Mix hgt (ft)....1500         900          1000
Transport wind..N 2          E 6          E 9

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....72-76.
Min humidity........26-31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 6 mph with gusts to around 12 mph in the
                    morning shifting to the southwest around 7 mph in
                    the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........East around 9 mph, then shifting to the southwest
                    5 to 7 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 9 mph, then shifting to the southwest
                    5 to 7 mph late in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR        CLEAR        CLEAR
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............43           58           74
RH..............54           40           27
SL/VL wind......E 6G12       E 6G12       SW 2G8
Ridgetop wind...E 9          E 8          SW 7
Mix hgt (ft)....1000         900          3800
Transport wind..E 9          E 8          SW 7

$$
Forecaster...IDS
Requested by...American River
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523556.2/STO
.DELDT 10/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.crawford@usda.gov,jeremy.hieronimus@usda.gov,mike.durocher@usda.gov