FNUS76 KEKA 122304 FWSEKA SPOT FORECAST FOR WOODLAND...CA-SHF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 404 PM PDT THU AUG 12 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1615 PDT ON AUGUST 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484. .DISCUSSION... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE REGION WILL BRING MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS TO THE FIRE AREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MARINE LAYER FOG AND STRATUS HAS RETREATED TO THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH INLAND AGAIN THIS EVENING UNDER LIGHT ONSHORE FLOW. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BRING CONTINUED WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TO THE WOODLAND FIRE AREA ON FRIDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49. MAX HUMIDITY........94-98 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 8 MPH BECOMING NORTH 5 MPH BY LATE EVENING. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 3 TO 4 MPH BECOMING NORTH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. PARTIAL CLEARING IN THE AFTERNOON MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...CILIBERTI REQUESTED BY...ERIC CHISHOLM TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100812.WOODL.01/EKA