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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Interior Northern California
Motherlode - Nevada-Yuba-Placer-Amador | El Dorado


.DISCUSSION...
Breezy west to southwest winds through this morning, then ease in
the afternoon. These breezy winds combined with low RH are
promoting Elevated Fire Weather conditions across the northeastern
Sierra foothills and northern Sacramento Valley. Winds shift to
north and increase again tonight into Saturday AM across the
northern Sacramento Valley and mountains, then gusty west winds
over the mountains on Sunday, followed by breezy north to east
winds in the Sacramento Valley Monday-Tuesday. These breezy to
gusty winds and prevailing dry conditions will result in
additional periods of Elevated Fire Weather Conditions.

CAZ134-260000-
Central Motherlode 1000-3000 ft-
Including the city of Cameron Park, Shingle Springs, Placerville,
Cool, Jackson
202 AM PDT Fri Sep 25 2026

.TODAY...
* Sky/Weather............Sunny.
* Max Temperature........78-83.
*   24 HR Trend..........10 degrees cooler.
* Min Humidity...........28-33 percent.
*   24 HR Trend..........12 percent up.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Southwest winds up to 7 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Southwest winds up to 7 mph.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Mixing Height..........4300 ft AGL.
* Chance of thunder......0 percent.

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly clear.
* Min Temperature........55-60.
*   24 HR Trend..........4 degrees cooler.
* Max Humidity...........59-68 percent.
*   24 HR Trend..........8 percent up.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Drainage winds up to 5 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Variable winds up to 5 mph.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Mixing Height..........400 ft AGL.
* Chance of thunder......0 percent.

.SATURDAY...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly sunny.
* Max Temperature........77-82.
* Min Humidity...........22-33 percent.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Upslope winds up to 5 mph becoming southwest
    up to 7 mph in the afternoon.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Variable winds up to 7 mph becoming
    southwest up to 7 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height..........4600 ft AGL.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Chance of thunder......0 percent.

CAZ135-260000-
Sierra 3000-5000 ft-
Including the city of Pollock Pines
202 AM PDT Fri Sep 25 2026

.TODAY...
* Sky/Weather............Sunny.
* Max Temperature........73-78.
*   24 HR Trend..........10 degrees cooler.
* Min Humidity...........29-35 percent.
*   24 HR Trend..........12 percent up.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Southwest winds 4 to 9 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Southwest winds 4 to 9 mph.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Mixing Height..........4800 ft AGL.
* Chance of thunder......0 percent.

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly clear.
* Min Temperature........51-58 lower elevations...except 56-61
  higher elevations.
*   24 HR Trend..........Little change.
* Max Humidity...........57-68 percent.
*   24 HR Trend..........10 percent up.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Drainage winds up to 5 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Variable winds up to 5 mph.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Mixing Height..........500 ft AGL.
* Chance of thunder......0 percent.

.SATURDAY...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly sunny.
* Max Temperature........73-78.
* Min Humidity...........28-37 percent.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...South winds 4 to 9 mph with local gusts up
    to 25 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....South winds 4 to 9 mph.
* Mixing Height..........6000 ft AGL.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Chance of thunder......0 percent.




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