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Spot Forecast for Cedar Ridge Understory...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
822 AM PDT Tue Apr 22 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 PDT on April 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry and mild weather persists through Tuesday with diurnal winds
expected, south to west in the afternoon shifting to east in the
mornings. Cooler and increased moisture expected towards the
latter half of the week with chances for thunderstorms (10-25%)
this weekend.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....68-72.
Min humidity........33-37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest up to 7 mph
                    in the afternoon.
 Ridgetop...........Light winds becoming 10 to 15 mph shifting to
                    the southwest in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 3 mph shifting to the southwest
                    late in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0
Temp............60     66     68     69     67
RH..............50     39     38     34     35
SL/VL wind......S 2    SW 5   SW 6   W 6    W 6
SL/VL wind gust.7      10     14     14     13
Ridgetop wind...W 5    SW 5   SW 5   SW 10  SW 10
Mix hgt (ft)....1100   3700   3700   4500   2700
Transport wind..S 3    SW 7   SW 7   SW 8   W 7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
Min temperature.....47-51.
Max humidity........60-64 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds up to 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light winds.
 Ridgetop...........West up to 5 to 10 mph becoming light east
                    winds.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 7 mph shifting to light east
                    winds.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............65     57     54     52     51     50
RH..............38     52     61     60     59     58
SL/VL wind......W 5    NW 2   NE 2   E 2    E 2    E 2
SL/VL wind gust.12     7      6      7      7      7
Ridgetop wind...SW 10  SW 10  SW 10  E 10   E 10   E 10
Mix hgt (ft)....2700   BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100 BLW100
Transport wind..W 7    N 3    N 3    E 5    E 6    E 6

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....63-67.
Min humidity........30-34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph late
                    in the morning.
 Ridgetop...........East around 7 mph shifting to the southwest 12 to 18
                    mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 7 mph shifting to the southwest 8 to 16
                    mph late in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Chc of thdr (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............50  51  54  58  61  62  63  64  64  64  64  63
RH..............56  55  54  47  42  38  35  34  33  32  31  33
SL/VL wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
SL/VL wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   6   6   6   7   7   7   6
SL/VL wind gust.7   7   7   7   7   16  16  16  17  17  17  15
Ridge wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
Ridge wind spd..10  10  10  10  15  20  20  20  20  20  20  20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.3
Transp wind dir.E   E   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
Transp wind spd.7   7   8   8   8   16  16  16  15  15  15  10

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.THURSDAY...
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s. Light
winds.
.FRIDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs in the mid 50s. Light
winds.
.SATURDAY...
Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers. Lows in the upper 30s. Highs in
the lower 50s. Light winds.

$$
Forecaster...DA
Requested by...Dan Guse
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510222.1/STO
.DELDT 04/22/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL daniel.guse2@usda.gov