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Issued by NWS Sacramento, CA

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Spot Forecast for Crossroads Hand piles...USFS
National Weather Service Sacramento CA
229 PM PST Tue Jan 20 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 PST on January 21.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Dry and seasonably warm conditions continue at the pile burn site
on Wednesday, with terrain-driven winds generally less than 10
mph. Daytime relative humidities will be in the 30s with good
overnight recovery on Wednesday, before trending higher on
Thursday. Cloud cover increases on Wednesday as a weak system
approaches the region, but no precipitation is expected. North to
northeast winds increase Friday and Saturday and RH trends lower
as we transition into an offshore flow pattern.


.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny.
Max temperature.....52-56.
Min humidity........36-40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds under 5 mph.
 Ridgetop...........North around 4 mph.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 4 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
Min temperature.....31-35.
Max humidity........89-93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds under 5 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast around 3 mph.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 3 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny then becoming sunny.
Max temperature.....56-60.
Min humidity........42-46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds under 5 mph.
 Ridgetop...........Northeast around 7 mph.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 7 mph.
CWR.................0 percent.
Chance of thunder...0 percent.

$$
Forecaster...KF
Requested by...Rich Davis
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2600687.0/STO
.DELDT 01/20/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Jay.rackelmann@usda.gov,travis.schneider@usda.gov,richard.davis2@usda.gov