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SPOT FORECAST FOR CROFTEN...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
638 PM PST MON FEB 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PST ON MARCH 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS MAY BE SEEN EARLY IN THE DAY...FOLLOWED BY BREAKS
OF SUNSHINE AND INCREASING WINDS BY THE END OF THE DAY. A STRONG COLD
FRONT WILL APPROACH LATE TUE NIGHT WITH INCREASING WINDS AND RAIN.
WARM AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL KEEP SNOW LEVELS ABOVE
THE BURN AREA.


.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    A 20% CHANCE OF SHOWERS EARLY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 55 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN DEVELOPING BY LATE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800-3600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN EARLY...BECOMING SHOWERY BY AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MIN HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 17 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ANDERSON
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS PRINDIVILLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110301.CROFT.01/EKA