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SPOT FORECAST FOR RUTH DAM FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
214 PM PDT MON JUL 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1325 PDT ON JULY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
A RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH NEXT WEEK
STRENGTHENING THE CALIFORNIA THERMAL TROUGH. THIS WILL RESULT IN
SLIGHTLY HOTTER TEMPERATURES AND LOWER AFTERNOON HUMIDITY. OVERNIGHT
HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POORER AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS BUT WINDS WILL
REMAIN LIGHT AND MAINLY TERRAIN-DRIVEN THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 94.
MIN HUMIDITY........8 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH
                    LOCAL GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8900 FT.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 4 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........60 TO 70 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH TO WEST WINDS AROUND 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    3 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...VARIABLE BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH
                    LOCAL GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9400 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    4 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...KIDWELL
REQUESTED BY...MIKE BEASLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120709.RUTHD.01/EKA