FNUS76 KEKA 230549
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR MULE CREEK RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1049 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 LATE MORNING AS A WEAKENING
FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA...THEN AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BEHIND
IT. DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT SLOWS...
STALLS...AND DISSIPATES OVER THE MULE CREEK AREA. ANY
PRECIPITATION SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE EVENING INTO THE NIGHT. A
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUD IN THE
                    EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 69.
RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT DOWNSLOPE WINDS BECOMING UPSLOPE LATE
                    MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH
                    EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 300 FT AGL
                    INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 9200 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5400 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST TO NORTH 6 TO 10 MPH BECOMING 10 TO 18
                    MPH BY LATE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...COLLINS BONDS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091023.MULEC.01/EKA