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SPOT FORECAST FOR CROFTEN   CHINA...US FOREST SERVICE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
818 AM PST MON JAN 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON JANUARY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A CONTINUED COOL DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THE MAJORITY OF
TODAY ACCOMPANIED BY A WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR
COLD MORNING TEMPS AND COOL AFTERNOON HIGHS. WINDS WILL REMAIN
LIGHT TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS WEAK. A
WARM FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA WILL VEER THE WINDS TO THE SOUTH
AND INCREASE THEM TOMORROW. THIS WILL BRING WARMER OVERNIGHT LOWS
AND HIGHER HUMIDITY ON TUE. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE
FRONT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600-4700 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 28.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW LIKELY...BECOMING RAIN LIKELY BY
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300-3900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS PRINDIVILLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110110.CROFT.01/EKA