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FNUS76 KSTO 090714
FWSSTO
SPOT FORECAST FOR S215 FIELD DAY...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA
1114 PM PST SUN FEB 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 1000 PST ON FEBRUARY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
TUESDAY WILL SEE A RETURN TO UNSETTLED WEATHER, WITH RAIN, BREEZY SOUTHERLY
SURFACE WINDS, GUSTY RIDGETOP WINDS, AND POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS (UP TO 12%) EXPECTED AROUND THE BURN SITE. STRONGEST WINDS
WILL OCCUR IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING DURING THE PASSAGE OF THE SYSTEM
BRINGING THIS UNSETTLED WEATHER. OVER 24 HOURS, ABOUT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE AREA. SNOW LEVELS WILL STAY ABOVE 5000 FT
THROUGHOUT TUESDAY, THOUGH WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS. WHILE
SURFACE LEVEL WINDS WILL STAY AROUND 15 MPH OR LESS THROUGHOUT THE DAY,
RIDGETOP WINDS AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE A BIT HIGHER, UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS OCCURS
TUESDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TUESDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN.
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50-54.
MIN HUMIDITY........71-75 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH UP TO 6 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 15 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........
VALLEY/LWR SLOPES..SOUTH WINDS UP TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH.
RIDGE/UPPER SLOPE..SOUTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH, INCREASING TO AROUND
40 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.52 INCHES.
SNOW LEVEL..........6 TO 7 KFT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...10 PERCENT.
TIME (PST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY COVER.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
CHC OF PCPN (%).80 80 80 80 80 80 90 90
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............46 48 50 51 51 50 48 46
RH..............77 76 74 73 73 75 77 80
VL/LS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S
VL/LS WIND SPD..3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5
VL/LS WIND GUST.12 12 12 15 15 15 13 13
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S S S S
SURFACE WND SPD.3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5
SURFACE WND GST.12 12 12 15 15 15 13 13
RIDGE/UPSLP DIR.S S S S S S S S
RIDGE/UPSLP SPD.15 15 32 32 39 39 39 28
SNOW LVL (KFT)..7.0 7.0 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.2 6.2
TUESDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN.
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....35-39.
MAX HUMIDITY........88-92 PERCENT.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
WIND (20 FT)........
VALLEY/LWR SLOPES..SOUTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
RIDGE/UPPER SLOPE..SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH.
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.63 INCHES.
SNOW LEVEL..........5.5 TO 6 KFT.
CHANCE OF THUNDER...12 PERCENT.
TIME (PST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY COVER.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
CHC OF PCPN (%).90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 80 80
CHC OF THDR (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
TEMP............44 43 42 42 42 42 41 41 40 40 39 39
RH..............84 86 86 86 85 85 86 86 86 86 86 87
VL/LS WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S
VL/LS WIND SPD..5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
VL/LS WIND GUST.13 12 12 12 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
SURFACE WND SPD.5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
SURFACE WND GST.13 12 12 12 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12
RIDGE/UPSLP DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
RIDGE/UPSLP SPD.20 20 20 24 24 24 27 27 27 27 27 27
SNOW LVL (KFT)..6.2 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.5
FORECASTER...SP
REQUESTED BY...DAN COTTRELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER
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.DELDT 02/09/26
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