FNUS76 KEKA 270456
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR REFUGE LSR EAST BOARDMAN...MENDOCINO NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
956 PM PDT TUE OCT 26 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 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
RAIN SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL EARLY EVENING. HIGHER GUSTS FROM 10 TO
20 MPH FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ARE LIKELY AS THE FRONT REACHES
THE BURN SITE (AROUND 1800 PDT).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN INCREASING CLOUDS IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    20% CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER 1600.
TEMPERATURE.........39 AT IGNITION...MAX 49.
RH..................33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AFTER
                    1800.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST WIND 3 TO 5 MPH EARLY...INCREASING TO SOUTH AND
                    SOUTHEAST AFTER 1800...GUSTS 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 13 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TONKIN
REQUESTED BY...TIM SIMPSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101027.REFUG.01/EKA