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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHINA 3...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
718 PM PDT TUE MAR 15 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON MARCH 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS ON WEDNESDAY ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD
UNSTABLE AIR MASS THAT HAS MOVED OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
DECREASING SHOWERS WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER
FROM NEAR 3,500 FEET ON WEDNESDAY TO NEAR 2,500 FEET WEDNESDAY
EVENING. THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INTO CALIFORNIA ON THURSDAY. THE
SNOW LEVEL WILL BE NEAR 2,800 FEET DURING THE DAY THURSDAY.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 18
                    MPH IN THE EVENING THEN BECOMING LIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.

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FORECASTER...KENNEDY
REQUESTED BY...SUSAN BISSELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110316.CHINA.01/EKA