FNUS76 KEKA 170340
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR DILLON FIRE SRF...SIX RIVERS NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
840 PM PDT THU AUG 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1905 PDT ON AUGUST 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH BELOW NORMAL RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. RECOVERIES WILL BE ON THE
POOR SIDE ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. A CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE LATER FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY BUT COVERAGE
WILL TEND TO BE ISOLATED IN NATURE. LAL WILL BE 2 STARTING FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND REMAIN 2 THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX
LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN 6 ON THURSDAY DROPPING TO 5 THIS MORNING. IT IS
EXPECTED TO RETURN TO 6 THIS AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON
RECOVERING TO 5 OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND TERRAIN-
DRIVEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 101.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 7 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9000 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 4 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 97.
MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 INCREASING TO 5700 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING.

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FORECASTER...KIDWELL
REQUESTED BY...DILLON FIRE SUPPORT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120816.DILLO.01/EKA