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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHINA 5...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1051 PM PDT THU APR 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON APRIL 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS WILL DOMINATE MUCH OF FRIDAY AS AN UPPER LOW
PASS ACROSS THE AREA HEADING SOUTHEAST. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CHINA 5 SITE THROUGH THE
EARLY PARTS OF THE MORNING...THEN TURN TO RAIN SHOWERS BY
AFTERNOON. SHOWERS WILL TAPER EARLY IN THE EVENING AND END
OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS NW CALIFORNIA. WINDS WILL
REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT AND OUT OF THE NORTH THROUGH SAT. HIGHEST
WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE RIDGES FRIDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PASSES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS
                    LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900-4100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6400-8100 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1100-1400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6700 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 9800 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 7700 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 7 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS PRINDIVILLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120413.CHINA.01/EKA