FNUS76 KEKA 221628
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR 46...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
928 AM PDT MON MAR 22 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL
BRING DRYING AND CLEARING TO THE DISTRICTS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
PATCHY VALLEY FOG WILL DISSIPATE THROUGH THE MORNING TODAY...WITH MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES EXPECTED IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTH FLOW OVER THE RIDGES WILL
SHIFT TO NORTHEAST AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE INLAND.
THIS OFFSHORE FLOW WILL PROMOTE DRYING OVER THE INLAND
AREAS...ESPECIALLY OVER RIDGES...LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOWER
ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE DECENT RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT...AND SOME
VALLEY FOG FORMATION.

THE NEXT WIDESPREAD RAINFALL EVENT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 11 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CILIBERTI
REQUESTED BY...RANDY NULPH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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