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SPOT FORECAST FOR MAD RIDGE FUEL BREAK UNIT 5 C D...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
620 PM PDT FRI MAY 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A SERIES OF FRONTS WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN TO SOUTHWESTERN
TRINITY COUNTY THIS WEEKEND. OVER THE RIDGE TOPS THE SOUTH WINDS
WILL BE BREEZY AND GUSTY AT TIMES AS THE FRONTS PASS THROUGH THE
REGION.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    PERIODS OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57.
MIN HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6200-7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PERIODS OF RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 12 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
                    A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60 TO 62.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 TO 8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...THEN
                    EASING TO 10 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500-8100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 24 MPH.

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FORECASTER...KENNEDY
REQUESTED BY...JESSICA KOSTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090502.MADRI.01/EKA