FNUS76 KEKA 081701
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTSHORE...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
901 AM PST MON MAR 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PST ON MARCH 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A STORM SYSTEM CROSSING THE DISTRICTS WILL BRING NUMEROUS RAIN AND
SNOW SHOWERS TO THE WESTSHORE BURN AREA TODAY. IN ADDITION...SOME
SHOWERS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND THE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVEL WILL BE NEAR
3500 FEET TODAY WITH GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH
ACCUMULATION...ALTHOUGH STRONGER SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE SNOW DOWN
TO AROUND 2000 FT. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE
AREA TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER STORM FORECAST TO MOVE IN ON TUESDAY.
THE WESTSHORE BURN AREA IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP MORE RAIN AND SNOW
TUESDAY NIGHT.

NOTE...SODA CREEK RAWS IS UNAVAILABLE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MIN HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....WEST WINDS 6MPH INCREASING TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 22 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH WIND 18 TO 22 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 21 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. SNOW LIKELY IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WIND 12 MPH BECOMING NORTH 30 TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CILIBERTI
REQUESTED BY...HINDA DARNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100308.WESTS.01/EKA