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


CAZ220-267-080100-
Southern Motherlode From 1000 to 3000 Ft. Includes portions of
Toulumne-Calaveras Unit-
Northern Motherlode From 1000 to 3000 Ft. Includes portions of
Nevada-Yuba-Placer-Amador and Eldorado Units-
123 AM PST Wed Jan 7 2026

.TODAY...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog in the morning.
  At higher elevations, a slight chance of rain.
* Max Temperature........49-54.
*   24 HR Trend..........5 degrees cooler.
* Min Humidity...........82-91 percent.
*   24 HR Trend..........16 percent up.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Upslope winds up to 5 mph becoming west up
    to 7 mph in the afternoon.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Variable winds up to 7 mph becoming west up
    to 8 mph in the afternoon.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Mixing Height..........2500 ft AGL.
* Chance of thunder......3 percent.

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain.
  Patchy fog through the night. Patchy frost after midnight.
* Min Temperature........30-35.
*   24 HR Trend..........8 degrees cooler.
* Max Humidity...........95-100 percent.
*   24 HR Trend..........Little change.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Drainage winds up to 5 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Southwest winds up to 7 mph in the evening
    becoming variable up to 5 mph.
* CWR....................10 percent.
* Mixing Height..........1100 ft AGL.
* Chance of thunder......9 percent.

.THURSDAY...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly sunny. At lower elevations, patchy
  frost early in the morning. Patchy fog in the morning. At higher
  elevations, widespread frost and patchy fog early in the morning,
  then areas of frost late in the morning.
* Max Temperature........45-50.
* Min Humidity...........54-69 percent.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Northwest winds 5 to 11 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Northwest winds 5 to 11 mph.
* Mixing Height..........3200 ft AGL.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Chance of thunder......0 percent.

CAZ268-080100-
Northern Sierra Including Lassen NP and Plumas and Lassen NF/S
West of the Sierra Crest (West of Evans Peak-Grizzly Peak-
Beckworth Peak)-
123 AM PST Wed Jan 7 2026

.TODAY...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly cloudy. At lower elevations, patchy
  fog in the morning. A slight chance of rain and snow in the
  morning, then a chance of rain and snow in the afternoon.
* Max Temperature........38-43 lower elevations...except 32-38
  higher elevations.
*   24 HR Trend..........Little change.
* Min Humidity...........79-92 percent.
*   24 HR Trend..........Little change.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Southwest winds 9 to 15 mph. Local gusts up
    to 25 mph in the afternoon.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Southwest winds 9 to 15 mph with local gusts
    up to 30 mph.
* CWR....................10 percent.
* Mixing Height..........2500 ft AGL.
* Chance of thunder......11 percent.

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly cloudy with snow showers likely and
  a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then partly
  cloudy after midnight. At lower elevations, showers likely in the
  evening.
* Min Temperature........17-25 lower elevations...except 13-19
  higher elevations.
*   24 HR Trend..........12 degrees cooler.
* Max Humidity...........89-100 percent.
*   24 HR Trend..........4 percent down.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Northwest winds 8 to 14 mph. Local gusts up
    to 25 mph in the evening.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Northwest winds 8 to 14 mph with local gusts
    up to 30 mph.
* CWR....................20 percent.
* Mixing Height..........1000 ft AGL.
* Chance of thunder......16 percent.

.THURSDAY...
* Sky/Weather............Sunny. At lower elevations, patchy fog
  early in the morning. Widespread frost in the morning. At higher
  elevations, widespread frost late in the afternoon.
* Max Temperature........33-39 lower elevations...except 26-34
  higher elevations.
* Min Humidity...........50-65 percent.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Northeast winds 6 to 12 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Northeast winds 6 to 12 mph.
* Mixing Height..........3600 ft AGL.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Chance of thunder......0 percent.




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