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SPOT FORECAST FOR BREDERHOFT PILES...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
720 AM PST TUE FEB 28 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON FEBRUARY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...A FRONT IS MOVING TOWARD NW CALIFORNIA
TODAY...THE FRONT WILL INCREASE WINDS...RAIN...AND MOUNTAIN SNOW FROM
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4000 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 11 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS
                    LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800-4700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-5300 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 35 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MARTIN
REQUESTED BY...GREG HAMPTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120228.BREDE.01/EKA