FNUS76 KEKA 240511
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR MILL CREEKL  3...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1011 PM PDT SUN MAY 23 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 PDT ON MAY 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
AN APPROACHING FRONT WILL BRING THE WINDS TO THE SOUTH TODAY AND
INCREASE LATE IN THE MORNING. SURFACE WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATE IN
THE EVENING WITH RIDGE TOP WINDS REMAINING ELEVATED THROUGH THE
NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN MID DAY WITH
WIDESPREAD RAIN EXPECTED LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN.
                    TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 54 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SW 6 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3900-5600 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 15
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...RANDY NULPH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100524.MILLC.01/EKA