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SPOT FORECAST FOR SUNDAY GULCH...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
856 AM PST TUE JAN 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PST ON JANUARY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A WARM FRONT CROSSING THE REGION WILL BRING SNOW TO THE
SUNDAY GULCH FIRE AREA TODAY WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION
EXPECTED. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY AS THE
FRONT APPROACHES. AS SNOW LEVEL RISES TONIGHT...SNOW WILL TURN TO RAIN
AT THE FIRE SITE. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL RAIN TO
THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN AND SNOW.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....34-38.
MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP
                    TO 28 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 11 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN LIKELY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.

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FORECASTER...CILIBERTI
REQUESTED BY...TIM RITCHEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110111.SUNDA.01/EKA