FNUS76 KEKA 270123
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR BOX CAMP...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
623 PM PDT TUE OCT 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON OCTOBER 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE AND WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BE PRESENT THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS BEFORE A FRONT APPROACHES THE COAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND FROM THE EAST...THEN SHIFT TO THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN FROM
THE WEST AND SHOULD BECOME OVERCAST OVER THE BURN AREA BY 1500 BUT
WETTING RAIN SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL EVENING. SINCE THE BURN SITE SITS
AT A HIGH ELEVATION HIGHER GUSTS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH FROM THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST ARE LIKELY AS THE FRONT REACHES THE BURN SITE (AROUND 1800 PDT).

.TODAY (WEDNESDAY)...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN INCREASING CLOUDS WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF
                    RAIN AFTER 1500 PDT. AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48 TO 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........SOMEWHAT POOR RECOVERY IN THE MORNING IS EXPECTED GIVEN
    THE ELEVATION AND WIND DIRECTION. MIN AFTERNOON 40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST 2 TO 4 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH...
                    THEN BECOMING GUSTY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 3 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH AROUND 1600.
    GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH...BECOMING 30 MPH IN THE EVENING.

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FORECASTER...JEFF TONKIN
REQUESTED BY...JOE ENEIM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101027.BOXCA.01/EKA