FNUS76 KEKA 210328
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR MAD RIDGE FUELBREAK UNIT 5D   5E...SIX RIVERS NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
828 PM PDT TUE OCT 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAKENING FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY BRINGING PASSING
CLOUDS WITH NO RAIN EXPECTED AT AROUND THE BURN AREA. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHT IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST
AND NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT. ANOTHER WEAK
DISTURBANCE WILL PASS LATE IN THE WEEK...OTHERWISE LOOK FOR DRYING
AND MILD WARMING TREND DURING THE DAYS.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 69.
RH..................61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 4 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    THEN INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 300 FT AGL
                    INCREASING TO 5400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 7 TO
                    13 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...JOHN BUSSCHER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091021.MADRI.01/EKA