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SPOT FORECAST FOR LOWER AIRSTRIP LOWER COUNTS...REDWOOD NP
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
349 PM PDT THU OCT 15 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON OCTOBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL MAINTAIN GENERALLY
CLEAR SKIES OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. DESPITE THE
BRIEF HIGH PRESSURE...RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL KEEP BOTH DAYTIME AND
NIGHTTIME RH LEVELS FAIRLY HIGH. A FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST
LATE SATURDAY MORNING WITH INCREASING SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WINDS DURING
LATE SATURDAY MORNING. APPROXIMATELY .25 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED
ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING LOCALLY GUSTY
WINDS AND WIDESPREAD RAINS TO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.
ANOTHER WEAK FRONT GRAZES THE NORTH WEDNESDAY.

NOTE: FORECAST BELOW BASED ON AN ELEVATION OF 2000 FT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69 TO 74.
HUMIDITY........EARLY MORNING RH 50 TO 60 PERCENT...REMAINING AROUND
                50% THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...THEN RISING THROUGH EVENING.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH THROUGH
                    NOON THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 20 MPH THROUGH 1900 FRIDAY NIGHT. LIGHT SOUTHEAST
                    WIND EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF FRIDAY NIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TONKIN
REQUESTED BY...BECKY SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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