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SPOT FORECAST FOR ELK MOUNTAIN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
727 AM PST MON JAN 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0735 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. PERIODS OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE
FRONT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 25.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE TO 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...BECOMING SOUTH AND INCREASING TO 10 TO 15
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 18 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...WILL MARCKS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110110.ELKMO.01/EKA