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Spot Forecast for Votaw Fire...USFS Eldorado NF
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
830 PM PDT Tue Sep 8 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0630 PDT on September 09.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry weather is expected to continue this week, with no forecast
precipitation over the next 7 days. Winds will be diurnally
driven, with winds from the west to southwest (upslope) during the
afternoon with gusts to 15 mph before transitioning to
east/downslope winds overnight. Stronger southerly winds develop
Friday into the weekend as a dry system passes to the north.
Temperatures trend warmer through the week, peaking Wednesday
and Thursday, before cooler weather arrives Friday into the
weekend.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
Max temperature.....74-78.
Min humidity........24-28 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds up to 12 mph with gusts to 16 mph early in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming west up to 7 mph
                    in the afternoon with gusts to 15 mph.
 Ridgetop...........East around 8 mph shifting to the west around 9
                    mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 12 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 9 mph late in the morning, then shifting
                    to the west around 8 mph late in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY        MCLEAR       MCLEAR
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............54           67           74
RH..............36           26           26
SL/VL wind......NE 10G16     S 1G5        W 7G14
Ridgetop wind...E 12         SE 10        W 9
Mix hgt (ft)....500          2300         6800
Transport wind..E 12         SE 10        W 9

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
Min temperature.....54-58.
Max humidity........52-56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds up to 5 mph with gusts to 15 mph shifting to the
                    east-northeast around 6 mph early in the evening.
 Ridgetop...........West 5 to 7 mph, shifting to the east northeast overnight.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 8 mph shifting to the northeast 6
                    to 7 mph early in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky cover.......PCLDY        PCLDY        MCLDY
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............70           58           57
RH..............35           54           52
SL/VL wind......W 5G13       NE 6G10      E 5G8
Ridgetop wind...W 8          NE 6         E 7
Mix hgt (ft)....3200         300          500
Transport wind..W 8          NE 6         E 7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny.
Max temperature.....71-75.
Min humidity........36-40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......East winds up to 5 mph shifting to the west up
                    to 8 mph late in the morning with afternoon gusts to 15 mph.
 Ridgetop...........East around 7 mph, then shifting out of the west to southwest increasing to 10 to 15
                    mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 7 mph shifting to the southwest 12 to
                    16 mph late in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......MCLDY        PCLDY        MCLEAR
CWR.............0            0            0
Chc of thdr (%).0            0            0
Temp............58           64           71
RH..............49           45           38
SL/VL wind......E 5G7        E 5G8        W 8G15
Ridgetop wind...E 7          E 6          SW 15
Mix hgt (ft)....500          400          7500
Transport wind..E 7          E 6          SW 16

$$
Forecaster...KF
Requested by...Camino ECC
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621386.1/STO
.DELDT 09/09/26
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