FNUS76 KEKA 091610
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAINER...USFS/SHF-TRMU
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
910 AM PDT SUN OCT 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON OCTOBER 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
PASSING HIGH CLOUDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE BURN AREA TODAY. WETTING RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO REACH THE BURN AREA BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66 TO 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 TO 41 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST OR UPSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1900 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 4 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-400 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 3 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.

.COLUMBUS DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN LIKELY AROUND 1100 PDT...THEN RAIN THROUGH THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........NEAR 100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-1100 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.

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FORECASTER...KIDWELL/TONKIN
REQUESTED BY...KERRI GILLILAND
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111009.RAINE.01/EKA