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SPOT FORECAST FOR MCNAB...CAL FIRE- HOWARDFOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
753 PM PDT THU SEP 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1926 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE FOR THE MCNAB FIRE ON FRIDAY. THE DAY
TIME TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE APPROACHES THE AREA...BUT OTHERWISE EXPECT LITTLE
CHANGE IN OBSERVED WEATHER. HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES OVER THE BURN AREA.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....VARIABLE WINDS 0 TO 2 MPH IN THE EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING WEST 4 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST WINDS 0 TO 2 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    WEST TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HARTLEY
REQUESTED BY...OWEN  STARKWEATHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090903.MCNAB.01/EKA