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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOWARD LAKE FUEL BREAK...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1008 PM PST FRI NOV 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PST ON NOVEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY AS A
POST FRONTAL WIND REGIME CONTINUES. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BRING
GENERALLY UPSLOPE WINDS TO THE HOWARD LAKE FUEL BREAK AREA.
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTH OF CAPE MENDOCINO AS A WEAK
TROUGH CLIPS THE AREA.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 48.
RH..................63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 17 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    THEN BECOMING 8 TO 13 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 900 FT AGL
                    INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4500-5200 FT AGL IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
                    DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...FRED BURROWS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091107.HOWAR.01/EKA