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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOWARD LAKE FUELBREAK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1018 PM PDT THU OCT 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
LOOK FOR LIGHT WINDS TO INCREASE BY THE AFTERNOON AS A WEAKENING
FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BEHIND IT. NO
SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AT THE HOWARD LAKE FUELBREAK
SITE WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER
THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND WITH SEASONAL WARMING AND DRYING. ANOTHER
DISTURBANCE WILL STALL JUST NORTH OF THE AREA BY MONDAY.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
RH..................44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AND UPSLOPE 6 TO 9
                    MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO
                    10 TO 15 MPH BY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...TONY KANOWNIK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091023.HOWAR.01/EKA