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SPOT FORECAST FOR BREDERHOFT PILES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1101 PM PDT TUE APR 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON APRIL 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
THE WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT THIS MORNING WILL TIGHTEN BY AFTERNOON
AS A FRONT APPROACHES...CAUSING INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS. JUST
AHEAD OF THE FRONT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM. WINDS WILL EASE BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT A SECONDARY
FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD THE BREDERHOFT SITE FOR THURSDAY. THIS WILL
BRING A BOUT OF WINDS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN. SNOW
LEVELS SHOULD REMAIN JUST ABOVE THE SITE INTO EARLY THU.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MIN HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH BECOMING 10 TO 15 MPH BY
                    LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-3600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-6800 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 16 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MIN HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 18
                    TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 27 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000-7200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 26 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...GREG HAMPTON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120411.BREDE.01/EKA