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FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR FORT DICK...CAL FIRE- FORTUNA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1244 PM PDT SUN OCT 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2111 PDT ON OCTOBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON
WILL SHIFT INLAND TONIGHT...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE SHOWERS OVER THE
NORTHERN DISTRICTS THROUGH THE EVENING. BY MIDNIGHT THE TROUGH
WILL SHIFT FURTHER EAST INTO THE GREAT BASIN...ALLOWING SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD QUICKLY INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS
WILL ALLOW NORTHEAST WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE RIDGES BY EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. A WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL BEGIN
MONDAY...WITH BRISK NORTH FLOW OVER THE RIDGES AND OFFSHORE FLOW
DEVELOPING EACH NIGHT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    3 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 11 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST BY
                    MORNING.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...NORDQUIST
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS BROWN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20091003.FORTD.01/EKA