FNUS76 KEKA 210113
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR PASS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
613 PM PDT MON AUG 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1743 PDT ON AUGUST 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
ONLY CONCERN THIS EVENING AROUND THE PASS FIRE WILL BE SOME
ELEVATED SW TO W WINDS MAINLY OVER THE RIDGE TOPS AND SW FACING
SLOPES AND CANYONS. OVER 4000FT SOME GUSTS OVER 25 MPH WILL OCCUR
WELL INTO THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE IN THE
WAKE OF THE TROUGH WITH IMPROVED RECOVERIES FOR A NIGHT OR
TWO...FOLLOWED BY DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS LATER IN THE WEEK.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 24 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING SE TO S 2 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1000 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-93.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 3 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...S TO SW 1 TO 5 MPH BECOMING W 6 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4300 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 7300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 65 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...W 8 TO 11 WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    SE 2 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1000 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CAFFREY
REQUESTED BY...DAN FELIX FBAN SCIIMT3
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120820.PASS_.01/EKA