FNUS76 KEKA 082350 FWSEKA SPOT FORECAST FOR MAD RIDGE FUELBREAK UNIT 6C...USFS, SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 450 PM PDT WED JUN 8 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON JUNE 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK DISTURBANCE ALOFT WILL BRING A THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS ARE EXPECTED NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. OTHERWISE...DRY AND WARMER WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE WEEK. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. 20% CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MIN HUMIDITY........20-25 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...STROZ REQUESTED BY...NANCY CURRAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110609.MADRI.01/EKA