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SPOT FORECAST FOR MANZANITA...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
753 AM PST MON NOV 21 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON NOVEMBER 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH NW CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS
WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ALONG WITH RAIN SHOWERS. THE FRONT WILL STALL
WEST OF THE BURN AREA WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAIN AND WIND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING...WITH A
                    STEADIER RAIN BY AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3400-4400 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WINDS 2-5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 7-11 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL BY LATE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 12 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5-9 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MIN HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 2700-3700 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 10 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5-9 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ANDERSON
REQUESTED BY...EZRA STILES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111121.MANZA.01/EKA