FNUS76 KEKA 210435
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR WAGON WHEEL...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
935 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
INCREASING CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF RAIN AT THE BURN AREA. WINDS
WILL BE LIGHT IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTH AS
THE FRONT PASSES...WEAKENING AGAIN IN THE EVENING. ANOTHER WEAK
DISTURBANCE WILL PASS LATE IN THE WEEK...OTHERWISE LOOK FOR DRYING
CONDITIONS AND A MILD WARMING TREND DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN.
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 61.
RH..................77 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH TO
                    SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON THEN
                    BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 300-1800 FT
                    AGL INCREASING TO 3600-3700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7 TO
                    10 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...FRANCES ORTEGA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091021.WAGON.01/EKA