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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOWARD MILL...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
704 PM PDT MON APR 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON APRIL 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LOW WEST OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL BRING LIGHT RAIN TO
THE AREA ON TUESDAY. MAX TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL DECREASE BY
15-20 DEGREES AS COOLER AIR ALOFT AND THICK CLOUD COVER SPREADS
OVER THE REGION. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE BETWEEN TWO
AND THREE TENTHS OF AN INCH BY TUESDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL
LIGHT RAIN CHANCES WILL FOLLOW TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE
    MORNING...THEN RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH
    BY MID MORNING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 10-12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10-15 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. LIGHT SHOWERS LIKELY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-2500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH BY
    THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
    TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...DJB
REQUESTED BY...TERRY NICKERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090407.HOWAR.01/EKA