Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Sacramento, CA

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
618
FNUS76 KSTO 230331
FWSSTO

Spot Forecast for Magalia RX...U.S. Forest Service
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
731 PM PST Thu Jan 22 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PST on January 23.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Mostly sunny conditions at the burn site for the next several days.
High pressure continues to break down in response to a low pressure
moving onshore in SoCal. Wind speeds will begin to increase by Friday
evening, and shift to the northeast through the weekend. Strongest
winds are forecast for Saturday, where sustained wind speeds of 10 mph
and gusts 20-25 mph are in the forecast. Northeast winds will also
introduce lower daytime humidity values as they will fall into the
low to mid 20s Saturday and Sunday. High pressure is then forecast
to develop offshore early next week and remain in control through
at least the middle of next week.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....55-59.
Min humidity........49-53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 7 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 7 to 8 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............43     47     54     56     56     53
RH..............54     54     51     51     52     52
SL/VL wind......NE 2   NE 2   W 2    W 2    W 2    NW 2
SL/VL wind gust.8      6      6      7      7      8
Ridgetop wind...NE 8   NE 8   NE 7   N 7    N 7    NE 8
Mix hgt (ft)....400    400    1300   1900   1900   700
Transport wind..NE 8   NE 8   NE 7   N 7    N 7    NE 8

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
Min temperature.....38-42.
Max humidity........50-54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph with
                    gusts to around 20 mph in the late evening and
                    overnight.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 8 to 17 mph increasing to 20 to 24
                    mph in the late evening and overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 17 to 24 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Chc of thdr (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............49     47     46     45     43     42
RH..............52     52     52     50     46     43
SL/VL wind......NW 2   NE 3   NE 6   NE 6   NE 6   NE 7
SL/VL wind gust.8      10     16     16     18     20
Ridgetop wind...NE 8   NE 17  NE 22  NE 22  NE 22  NE 24
Mix hgt (ft)....700    400    400    400    500    600
Transport wind..NE 8   NE 17  NE 22  NE 22  NE 22  NE 24

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....53-57.
Min humidity........23-27 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northeast winds around 7 to 10 mph.
Gusts up to 20-25 mph
                    early in the morning.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast 16 to 24 mph.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 16 to 24 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky cover.......CLEAR     CLEAR     CLEAR     CLEAR
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Chc of thdr (%).0         0         0         0
Temp............40        45        53        55
RH..............39        34        27        26
SL/VL wind......NE 7G20   NE 6G20   NE 6G18   N 6G17
Ridgetop wind...NE 24     NE 22     NE 17     NE 17
Mix hgt (ft)....600       600       1200      3100
Transport wind..NE 24     NE 22     NE 17     NE 17

$$
Forecaster...JW
Requested by...Esly Roman
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600347.5/STO
.DELDT 01/23/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL mark.cresalia@usda.gov,james.lico@usda.gov,esly.roman@usda.gov,jason.t.miller@usda.gov