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SPOT FORECAST FOR MILL CREEK  2...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
711 PM PDT WED JUN 2 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 PDT ON JUNE 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT BREAK FROM THE PRECIPITATION MID-DAY THURSDAY AS WE WILL BE
BETWEEN FRONTAL SYSTEMS. THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL WILL BRING
MORE WETTING RAIN AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS STARTING LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE TO SHOWERS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
                    THEN PERIODS OF RAIN STARTING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 68 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 12 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3100-4800
                    FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800-5700 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH
                    AROUND 23 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSION....POOR IN THE MORNING...BECOMING FAIR IN THE AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 18 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-4800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 23 MPH INCREASING TO 26 TO 33 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSION....FAIR.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN...CHANGING TO RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....68.
MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 11 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO
                    10 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800-5700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 28 TO 31 MPH DECREASING TO 14 TO 21
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSION....FAIR.

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FORECASTER...KENNEDY
REQUESTED BY...TOMMY HAWKINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100603.MILLC.01/EKA