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SPOT FORECAST FOR MAD RIDGE FUEL BREAK UNIT 5 D...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
922 PM PDT SUN MAY 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON MAY 04.
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 THE DISTRICTS
TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. LIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING WILL TRANSITION
TO MODERATE WIDESPREAD RAIN BY LATE MORNING. SOUTH WINDS WILL
INCREASE MONDAY AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF THE FIRST FRONT EXPECTED
TO TRAVERSE THE AREA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONG AND
GUSTY FROM THE SOUTH MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH IN SPEED FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON
TUESDAY. CLOUDY SKIES AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL KEEP HUMIDITY
VALUES RELATIVELY HIGH ON TUESDAY.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........LIGHT RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING. RAIN IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-54.
MIN HUMIDITY........64-69 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 9 TO 12 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 10 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3800 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 22 MPH.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........96-100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 22 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CILIBERTI
REQUESTED BY...JESSICA KOSTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090504.MADRI.01/EKA