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SPOT FORECAST FOR CROFTEN...US FOREST SERVICE SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
754 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON JANUARY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A FRONTAL SYSTEM CROSSING THE REGION WILL BRING SNOW TO THE
CROFTEN FIRE AREA TODAY WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION
EXPECTED. AS SNOW LEVEL RISES...SNOW WILL TURN TO RAIN OVERNIGHT.
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL RAIN TO THE AREA
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....34 TO 38.
MIN HUMIDITY........72 TO 75 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 11 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 TO 90 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 7 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MIN HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CILIBERTI
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS PRINDIVILLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110111.CROFT.01/EKA