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SPOT FORECAST FOR BACKBONE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
329 PM PDT THU SEP 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1506 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY AND MILD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AT THE BURN AREA.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AT THE RIDGETOPS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AHEAD OF
COLD FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE PACIFIC. THIS FRONT MAY BRING LIGHT
RAIN TO THE BURN AREA SATURDAY MORNING.


.TODAY (FRIDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER...............MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE...........75-80.
MIN HUMIDITY..............17-22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS...........VARIABLE LESS THAN 3 MPH THROUGH 1000 PDT THEN
                          SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE (20')...SOUTHWEST 7 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER...............BECOMING CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE...........50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY..............65-70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH IN THE
                          EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE AROUND 5 MPH LATE.
SURROUNDING RIDGE (20')...SOUTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER...............MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN MAINLY
                          BEFORE NOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE...........60-65.
MIN HUMIDITY..............50-55 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS...........SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                          15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE (20')...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                          22 MPH.

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FORECASTER...BURGER
REQUESTED BY...SANDY FAULKNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090903.BACKB.02/EKA