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


CAZ220-267-280000-
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 PM PST Thu Feb 26 2026

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly clear.
* Min Temperature........48-53.
*   24 HR Trend..........Little change.
* Max Humidity...........88-97 percent lower elevations...except
  77-91 percent high elevations.
*   24 HR Trend..........9 percent down.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...North winds up to 7 mph in the evening
    becoming drainage up to 5 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Northeast winds up to 7 mph.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Mixing Height..........300 ft AGL.
* Chance of thunder......1 percent.

.FRIDAY...
* Sky/Weather............Partly cloudy.
* Max Temperature........70-75.
*   24 HR Trend..........Little change.
* Min Humidity...........53-65 percent.
*   24 HR Trend..........7 percent down.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Upslope winds up to 5 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Northeast winds up to 7 mph in the morning
    becoming variable up to 5 mph.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Mixing Height..........1800 ft AGL.
* Chance of thunder......1 percent.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly cloudy.
* Min Temperature........52-57.
* Max Humidity...........66-81 percent.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Drainage winds up to 5 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Variable winds up to 5 mph becoming east up
    to 7 mph after midnight.
* Mixing Height..........300 ft AGL.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Chance of thunder......1 percent.

.SATURDAY...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly cloudy then becoming mostly sunny
  late in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy. A slight chance
  of rain in the morning. A chance of showers and a slight chance
  of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
* Max Temperature........69-74.
* Min Humidity...........52-67 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 8 mph in the afternoon.
* Mixing Height..........2200 ft AGL.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Chance of thunder......18 percent.

CAZ268-280000-
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 PM PST Thu Feb 26 2026

.TONIGHT...
* Sky/Weather............Partly cloudy.
* Min Temperature........36-45 lower elevations...except 34-40
  higher elevations.
*   24 HR Trend..........4 degrees warmer.
* Max Humidity...........77-92 percent...except 95-100 percent in
  the high mountain valleys.
*   24 HR Trend..........10 percent down.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...East winds up to 8 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....West winds up to 7 mph increasing to 4 to 9
    mph after midnight.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Mixing Height..........300 ft AGL.
* Chance of thunder......0 percent.

.FRIDAY...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming
  partly cloudy.
* Max Temperature........59-64 lower elevations...except 54-59
  higher elevations.
*   24 HR Trend..........5 degrees warmer.
* Min Humidity...........56-67 percent.
*   24 HR Trend..........Little change.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Northeast winds 4 to 10 mph shifting to the
    west up to 7 mph in the afternoon.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....Southwest winds up to 8 mph.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Mixing Height..........2500 ft AGL.
* Chance of thunder......1 percent.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...
* Sky/Weather............Partly cloudy early in the evening then
  becoming mostly cloudy. A chance of rain early in the morning.
* Min Temperature........39-49.
* Max Humidity...........73-88 percent...except 90-100 percent in
  the high mountain valleys.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...Northeast winds 4 to 9 mph.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....East winds 4 to 9 mph.
* Mixing Height..........200 ft AGL.
* CWR....................0 percent.
* Chance of thunder......2 percent.

.SATURDAY...
* Sky/Weather............Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the
  morning. A slight chance of thunderstorms through the day.
  Showers likely in the afternoon.
* Max Temperature........56-61 lower elevations...except 50-56
  higher elevations.
* Min Humidity...........62-77 percent.
* 20-Foot Winds..........
*   Valleys/Lwr Slopes...East winds 4 to 9 mph shifting to the
    southwest 5 to 11 mph in the afternoon.
*   Ridges/Upr Slopes....South winds 6 to 12 mph.
* Mixing Height..........3700 ft AGL.
* CWR....................20 percent.
* Chance of thunder......22 percent.




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