FNUS76 KEKA 310114
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR OCFR191...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
514 PM PST WED DEC 30 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PST ON DECEMBER 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
ACROSS NW CALIFORNIA LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL
INCREASE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING STRONG OVER THE RIDGES BY EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. WETTING RAINS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SNOW AT
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ABOVE
4000 FEET. MODERATE PRECIPITATION RATES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT...AND THEN DIMINISH DURING THE MORNING
FRIDAY.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MIN HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 21 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 35 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...30 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL.


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FORECASTER...CILIBERTI
REQUESTED BY...RANDY NULPH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091231.OCFR1.01/EKA