FNUS76 KEKA 081300 FWSEKA SPOT FORECAST FOR OCFR 189...USFS SRF-ORD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 500 AM PST FRI JAN 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1820 PST ON JANUARY 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484. .DISCUSSION... A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS TO THE BURN SITE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY EASE TONIGHT...BUT WILL BE SLOWER TO DIMINISH ON THE NEARBY RIDGES. A FEW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY...OTHERWISE MAINLY DRY WEATHER AND LIGHTER WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING (INCLUDING IGNITION TIME)...THEN BECOMING LIGHT BY LATE EVENING. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST-SOUTHEAST 9 TO 13 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MIN HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...BETTWY REQUESTED BY...ALEX MIYAGISHIMA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100107.OCFR1.02/EKA