FNUS76 KEKA 070506
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR HAPPY...SIX RIVERS NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1006 PM PDT THU SEP 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2016 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BY 1 TO 3 DEGREES ON AVERAGE FRIDAY COMPARED TO
THURSDAY AND AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL BE A FEW PERCENT LOWER BUT
OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAIR TO GOOD. WINDS WILL BE
VERY SIMILAR TO THURSDAY IN DIRECTION BUT WILL BE 1 TO 5 MPH STRONGER...
WITH THE GREATEST INCREASE ON THE RIDGETOPS IN THE AFTERNOON. AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WHICH
WILL RESULT IN A COOLER WEATHER PATTERN WITH IMPROVING HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK. GENERAL WINDS WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT
WITH THE SYSTEM AND NO RAINFALL OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....90 TO 92 VALLEYS TO LOWER THIRD OF SLOPE...75 TO
                    82 RIDGETOPS.
MIN HUMIDITY........9 TO 12 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY IN THE MORNING 1 TO 3 MPH THEN
                    SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON 3 TO 5 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTH 9 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000 FEET BY MIDDAY.
                    INVERSION BREAKING 0930.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 18 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON 6 TO 9 MPH.

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FORECASTER...DODD
REQUESTED BY...DILLON LEWIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120906.HAPPY.01/EKA