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SPOT FORECAST FOR STAFFORD FIRE...USFS SHASTA TRINITY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
756 PM PDT MON SEP 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1805 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL MAINTAIN WARM AND DRY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR WITH GENERALLY POOR RH RECOVERY AT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS WEEK. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY DIURNALLY DRIVEN.
AN UPPER LOW WILL DROP DOWN FROM THE NORTH THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING
COOLER AIR AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....94.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 12000 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 9600 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 TO 60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT SOUTHEAST IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 15 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 4 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....93.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 TO 15 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY IN THE MORNING AND
                    EARLY AFTERNOON...BECOMING WEST 5 MPH IN THE
                    LATE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHEAST 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 11500 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 9600 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CARROLL
REQUESTED BY...JAMES GONZALEZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120917.STAFF.01/EKA