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SPOT FORECAST FOR LOWER HAYFORK...USFS SHASTA TRINITY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
710 PM PDT WED OCT 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1900 PDT ON OCTOBER 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

* EXACT LOCATION (LAT/LON) WAS ESTIMATED BASED ON T/R.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAKENING FRONT WILL APPROACH THE BURN AREA THURSDAY EVENING. CLOUDS
WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ON THURSDAY ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPS AND HIGHER
RH VALUES. LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED THU NIGHT WITH A FEW SHOWERS ON FRI.


.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING WITH INCREASING CLOUDS
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65-68.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2 TO 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AND
                    INCREASING TO 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER 1300.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 2700 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 16 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 1800 FT AGL BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ANDERSON
REQUESTED BY...KEITH ROHRS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101020.LOWER.02/EKA