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SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTSHORE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
824 AM PDT FRI APR 2 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 PDT ON APRIL 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...MORE WETTING RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR THE WESTSHORE BURN
AREA TODAY...WITH SNOW ALONG THE RIDGES SURROUNDING THE AREA. A
COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTH WINDS TO THE AREA THIS
MORNING...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. SATURDAY WILL PROVIDE SOME CLEARING AND DRYING BEFORE
ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA ON SUNDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MIN HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 14 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WIND 15 TO 18 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL BECOMING 2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 21 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING SCATTERED AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST WIND 10 MPH DECREASING TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 13 MPH BECOMING WEST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CILIBERTI
REQUESTED BY...TIM SIMPSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100402.WESTS.01/EKA