Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Interior Northern California
Motherlode - Nevada-Yuba-Placer-Amador | El Dorado
FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 259 PM PDT WED MAY 23 2012
DISCUSSION... BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW AS A COLD UPPER LOW APPROACHES THE REGION. THIS LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...BRINGING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH LIKELY WETTING RAIN OR SNOW OVER THE HIGHER SIERRA WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN ELSEWHERE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK WITH A WARMING TREND...ALTHOUGH ONSHORE FLOW WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED GOOD RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES.
NORTHERN MOTHERLODE FROM 1000 TO 3000 FT. INCLUDES PORTIONS OF NEVADA-YUBA-PLACER-AMADOR AND ELDORADO UNITS- 259 PM PDT WED MAY 23 2012
.TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER..............MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE..........46-52. 24 HR TREND...........LITTLE CHANGE. MAX HUMIDITY.............66-81 PERCENT. 24 HR TREND...........10 PERCENT DOWN. 20-FOOT WINDS............ VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTH WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH. LAL......................1. CWR......................0 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER..............MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE..........67-76. 24 HR TREND...........4 DEGREES COOLER. MIN HUMIDITY.............24-30 PERCENT. 24 HR TREND...........LITTLE CHANGE. 20-FOOT WINDS............ VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTHEAST WINDS 1 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 4 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTHEAST WINDS 1 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 4 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LAL......................1. CWR......................0 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER..............PARTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE..........40-46. MAX HUMIDITY.............71-86 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS............ VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH. RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH UP TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LAL......................1. CWR......................0 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER..............MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE..........59-64 LOWER ELEVATIONS...EXCEPT 54-59 HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MIN HUMIDITY.............35-50 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS............ VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...VARIABLE LESS THAN 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 2 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....SOUTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 7 MPH. LAL......................1 INCREASING TO 2 LATE IN THE MORNING. CWR......................30 PERCENT.
