FNUS76 KEKA 230442
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR JDSF TREE HOUSE...CDF - MENDOCINO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
942 PM PDT THU MAR 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL REMAIN OFF THE COAST TODAY WHICH WILL PROMOTE
LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW OVER THE PROJECT AREA. ALTHOUGH SOME EARLY MORNING
PATCHY GROUND FOG OR LOW CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE OUT OF THE SOUTH OR
SOUTHEAST BUT WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM
INCHES TOWARD THE MENDO COAST.  THE FRONT WILL PASS OVER FRIDAY NIGHT
BRINGING RAIN...FOLLOWED BY SHOWERS ON SATURDAY.

NOTE: THE FORECASTED WIND FOR TODAY IS ON THE HEDGED ON THE HIGH SIDE. GIVEN
THE NATURE OF SHELTERING BOTH FROM VEGETATION AND TERRAIN FORECASTED WINDS
BELOW MAY NOT MIX DOWN TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF PROJECT LEVEL...THUS
REMAINING LIGHTER.

.TODAY (FRIDAY)...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....51 TO 55.
100 FT WIND.....SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST 3 TO 6 MPH AROUND 1000...INCREASING
                TO 5 TO 8 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH BY 1600.
SURROUNDING RIDGE WIND.....SOUTH SOUTHEAST 12 TO 18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6700 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1600 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 21 MPH.

.TONIGHT (FRIDAY NIGHT)...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

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FORECASTER...TONKIN
REQUESTED BY...TERRY GUERRERO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120323.JDSFT.01/EKA