FNUS76 KEKA 042249
FWSEKA

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1154 PDT ON OCTOBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING A CONTINUED CHANCE OF LIGHT
RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS TO THE DISTRICTS THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER
THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS. AS THE TROUGH SHIFTS FURTHER EAST AFTER
MIDNIGHT...RAPID CLEARING WILL OCCUR AND WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
EAST AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. BEGINNING
ON MONDAY THE DISTRICTS WILL SEE A WARMING AND DRYING TREND...WITH
A PERSISTENT 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 20091004.FORTD.03/EKA