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
330 PM PST TUE MAR 9 2010
DISCUSSION... ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT BRINGING PRECIPITATION WITH SNOW LEVELS AROUND 2500 FEET. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. DRY WEATHER AND LIGHT WINDS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY BETWEEN SYSTEMS. THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE PRECIPITATION BY FRIDAY.
NORTHERN SIERRA INCLUDING THE TAHOE AND ELDORADO NF/S WEST OF THE
SIERRA CREST-
330 PM PST TUE MAR 9 2010
.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS
LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....22-30 LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND 11-21 HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-100 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......
VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH.
RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 22 MPH WITH LOCAL
GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.50 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SNOW
SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35-45 LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND 26-36 HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-64 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......
VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO
THE NORTHWEST 4 TO 9 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON.
RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....WEST WINDS 8 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTHWEST 6 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 38 MPH.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.50 PERCENT.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....23-31 LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND 13-23 HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-99 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......
VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH.
RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 22 MPH WITH LOCAL
GUSTS UP TO 32 MPH.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.0 PERCENT.
.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-61 LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND 43-53 HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-46 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......
VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE MORNING
BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 3 TO 6 MPH.
RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....EAST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING
BECOMING VARIABLE 3 TO 7 MPH.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.0 PERCENT.
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