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SPOT FORECAST FOR OCFR 104...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1041 PM PST THU DEC 3 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON DECEMBER 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...THE UPPER RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DOMINATE THROUGH
MOST OF FRI ALLOWING FOR LIGHT WINDS AT THE OCFR SITE. THIS WILL
CHANGE FRI EVE/NIGHT AS AN UPPER TROUGH DROPS S OUT OF THE
CANADIAN ROCKIES AND PULLS A FRONT THROUGH THE AREA BY SUN. LOOK
FOR INCREASING NW WINDS OVERNIGHT FRI INTO SAT AS THE TROUGH DIVES
S. NO PRECIP IS EXPECTED UNTIL LATE SUN NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........34 AT IGNITION...MAX 48.
RH..................73 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...W TO NW WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 300-700 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHEAST AROUND 2 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 7 TO 9 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS BECOMING N 10 TO
                    15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    AROUND 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...RANDY NULPH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091204.OCFR1.01/EKA