FNUS76 KEKA 120545
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR DILLON FIRE SRF...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1045 PM PDT SAT AUG 11 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2006 PDT ON AUGUST 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL PERSIST INTO NEXT
WEEK...RESULTING IN HOT TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS INLAND.
WINDS WILL REMAIN RELATIVELY LIGHT AND TERRAIN DRIVEN AWAY FROM
THE IMMEDIATE COAST. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE LOCALLY
POOR AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 102.
MIN HUMIDITY........14 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT TERRAIN-DRIVEN...DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7000 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 4600 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 4 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING TENDING SOUTH 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY
                    2 TO 4 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 100.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT TERRAIN-DRIVEN...DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING THEN UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY
                    DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 3 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING TENDING SOUTH 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...DODD
REQUESTED BY...DILLON FIRE SUPPORT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120811.DILLO.01/EKA