FNUS76 KEKA 050442
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR LOWER HAYFORK...USFS - SOUTHFORK MGT UNIT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
941 PM PDT FRI NOV 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PDT ON NOVEMBER 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER COLD TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD WETTING RAIN IS EXPECTED
DURING THE AFTERNOON SATURDAY WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO NEAR 3000 FT.
THE BURN AREA MAY EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN...
ESPECIALLY AT THE UPPER ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
LESS THAN ONE INCH ARE EXPECTED. RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.


.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1300-2900 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 11 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 31.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46.
MIN HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400-4900 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1700
                    FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 14 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CARROLL
REQUESTED BY...JAMES GONZALEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111105.LOWER.01/EKA