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Spot Forecast for French Meadows Hand Piles...TAHOE NF
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
413 AM PST Sat Nov 8 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 PST on November 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry and calm conditions are expected today and through
early next week at the burn site. Relative humidities will trend
drier through early next week and temperatures will trend
warmer. Winds through the weekend will generally be light and
variable during the daytime, with periodic gusts out of the east
up to 15 mph in the evening through morning periods. Late next
week, a pattern change is expected, bringing renewed chances for
widespread precipitation and increased moisture.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....68-72.
Min humidity........34-38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 4 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........East 8 to 12 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......2500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 8 to 12 mph.

TIME (PST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............41     44     58     68     70     65
RH..............78     72     50     36     34     45
20 ft wind......E 6    E 6    E 3    E 2    E 2    E 1
20 ft wind gust.15     13     10     7      7      6
Ridgetop wind...E 12   E 12   E 10   E 10   E 8    E 10
Mix hgt (ft)....1100   1100   1800   1800   2500   1100
Transport wind..E 12   E 12   E 10   E 10   E 8    E 10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....41-45.
Max humidity........63-67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming east 5 to 7 mph.
 Ridgetop...........East 10 to 13 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 13 mph.

TIME (PST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............53     47     45     45     44     44
RH..............58     63     63     62     59     60
20 ft wind......E 2    E 6    E 7    E 7    E 6    E 6
20 ft wind gust.8      15     18     16     15     15
Ridgetop wind...E 10   E 12   E 13   E 13   E 12   E 12
Mix hgt (ft)....1100   1000   1100   1100   1100   1000
Transport wind..E 10   E 12   E 13   E 13   E 12   E 12

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....72-76.
Min humidity........27-31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds 4 to 6 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light.
 Ridgetop...........East 5 to 13 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 13 mph.

TIME (PST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............44     48     62     70     72     67
RH..............60     56     40     31     32     42
20 ft wind......E 6    E 6    E 3    E 3    E 2    NE 1
20 ft wind gust.15     14     10     10     7      6
Ridgetop wind...E 12   E 13   E 8    E 8    E 5    E 5
Mix hgt (ft)....1000   1000   1500   1500   3600   1500
Transport wind..E 12   E 13   E 8    E 8    SE 5   E 5

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.MONDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the lower 70s.
Light winds.
.VETERANS DAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the upper 60s.
Light winds.
.WEDNESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Chance of showers. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in
the lower 60s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...DA
Requested by...Tahoe N.F / American River
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500000.0/STO
.DELDT 11/08/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brian.crawford@usda.gov, mike.durocher@usda.gov, jeremy.hieronimus@usda.gov, matthew.radtke@usda.gov,  jose.martinez4@usda.gov, blake.stahl@usda.gov