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SPOT FORECAST FOR LOWER HAYFORK...USFS - SOUTHFORK MGT UNIT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
900 PM PDT THU OCT 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF FRONTS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE BURN AREA FRI NIGHT.
THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE SHOWER ACTIVITY FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON
FRIDAY...WITH STEADY RAINS DEVELOPING LATE AND CONTINUING INTO EARLY SAT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE 1-3 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 3-5 MPH
                    BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3-6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........LIGHT RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN A 30 PERCENT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 50 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ANDERSON
REQUESTED BY...JAMES GONZALEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101022.LOWER.01/EKA