FNUS76 KEKA 200415
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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOWARD MILL...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
915 PM PDT THU APR 19 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON APRIL 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK RIDGE WILL CROSS THE HOWARD MILL SITE ON FRIDAY ALLOWING
FOR A CONTINUED WARMING AND DRYING TREND. WINDS WILL REMAIN
GENERALLY LIGHT UNDER THE AXIS OF THE RIDGE WITH SOME TERRAIN
DRIVEN WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON DURING PEAK HEATING. NO
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY MIDDAY.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 7200 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4400 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT WINDS
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-900 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 7 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...HINDA DARNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120420.HOWAR.01/EKA