FNUS76 KEKA 070114 FWSEKA SPOT FORECAST FOR LAST CHANCE 6A...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 614 PM PDT TUE OCT 6 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON OCTOBER 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484. .DISCUSSION... MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE HOLDS OVER THE REGION. A GENTLE WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY UNDER PERSISTENT OFFSHORE FLOW. RAIN MAY CREEP INTO THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH INCREASING TO 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH BY AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 12 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40. MAX HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 270 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 9 TO 12 MPH. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH BY AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......270-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...GARCIA/NORDQUIST REQUESTED BY...ANDREW SPAIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091007.LASTC.02/EKA