FNUS76 KEKA 141307
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR COFFIN...CALFIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
607 AM PDT FRI AUG 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0544 PDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A THERMAL TROUGH WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE TO
PRODUCE GUSTY NW TO N WINDS TODAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG RIDGE TOPS.
THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NE OVER THE FIRE BY SAT AS THE THERMAL
TROUGH STRENGTHENS. THIS PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND
WITH INCREASED TEMPERATURES AND POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWN VALLEY WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING TO THE
                    NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH 7 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH
                    EASING TO 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89.
MIN HUMIDITY........13 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....DOWN VALLEY WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 6 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CAFFREY
REQUESTED BY...HUGH SCANLON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090814.COFFI.01/EKA