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SPOT FORECAST FOR RUTH...SHASTA-TRINITY NF...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
802 PM PDT SAT SEP 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1931 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT RAIN WILL TRAVERSE THE REGION BEGINNING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THE
EVENING. A RETURN TO DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO NEXT WEEK. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-5000 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH...BECOMING
                     DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1 TO 3 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH...BECOMING 2 TO 4 MPH.

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FORECASTER...AYLWARD
REQUESTED BY...BOB PATTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110924.RUTH_.02/EKA