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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG FLAT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1104 PM PST TUE MAR 5 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1615 PST ON MARCH 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES WILL IMPACT THE BIG FLAT
SITE TODAY WITH RAIN SHOWERS AND LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS. SOME OF THE
HEAVIER SHOWERS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL. SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR
AND WINDS TAPER BY TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS WITH SMALL HAIL AND SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MIN HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH
                    INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH BY
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700-3100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200-6500 FT
                    AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 22 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN SHOWERS WITH SMALL HAIL AND SNOW SHOWERS
                    LIKELY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS DECREASING TO 8 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000-5700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2000-2800 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 12 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS WITH SMALL
                    HAIL AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-2800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6400 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 8500 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5600 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 4 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...MARK MOSCHETTI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130305.BIGFL.02/EKA