National Weather Service Fire Weather Planning Forecast
For the Northern Sierra Nevada & Tahoe National Forest
FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
730 AM PDT MON FEB 6 2012
DISCUSSION... DRY WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS INTERIOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. A STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INLAND LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY BRINGING SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS ON WEDNESDAY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRIER RH VALUES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE
SIERRA CREST-
730 AM PDT MON FEB 6 2012
.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER..............PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE..........53-58 LOWER ELEVATIONS...EXCEPT 43-53
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
MIN HUMIDITY.............26-35 PERCENT LOWER ELEVATIONS...EXCEPT
14-29 PERCENT HIGH ELEVATIONS.
20-FOOT WINDS............
VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...SOUTH WINDS 2 TO 7 MPH.
RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH.
CWR......................0 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER..............MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE..........35-43 LOWER ELEVATIONS...EXCEPT 29-37
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
MAX HUMIDITY.............65-80 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS............
VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 7 MPH.
RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH.
CWR......................0 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER..............CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
MORNING...THEN RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SNOW LEVEL 5500 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE..........45-50 LOWER ELEVATIONS...EXCEPT 36-44
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
MIN HUMIDITY.............46-61 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS............
VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH.
RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH.
CWR......................30 PERCENT.
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