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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHINA 5...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
411 AM PDT MON MAR 18 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE DISTRICT TODAY. A STORM
SYSTEM WILL BRING PRECIPITATION TO THE DISTRICT TUE INTO THU
BEFORE DRIER WEATHER RETURNS HEADING INTO NEXT WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 2 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500-8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 6 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36.
MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 2 TO 6 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 11 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN
                    LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 7 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6500-7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 11 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CAFFREY
REQUESTED BY...LARA GRAHAM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130318.CHINA.01/EKA