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SPOT FORECAST FOR BREDERHOFT PILES...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
848 AM PDT WED APR 25 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON APRIL 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH SHOWERS INCREASING BY THIS
AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA APPROACHES
THE AREA. THE TROUGH WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT COOLING OF DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY.
A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA FRIDAY AND PRODUCE DRY
WEATHER AND WARMING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3800-4700 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 18 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1800-2300 FT AGL
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 18 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MIN HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-4000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-5500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 23 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MARTIN
REQUESTED BY...ANTHONY KANOWNIK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120425.BREDE.02/EKA