FNUS76 KEKA 190545
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR OCFR 146...U.S.F.S
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1045 PM PDT MON MAR 18 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE WINDS AROUND TO THE SOUTH
TODAY THEN INCREASE BY AFTERNOON. LIGHT RAIN WILL PRECEDE THE
FRONT IN THE MORNING...THEN TURN TO STEADY RAIN IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AT THE OCFR SITE. RAIN WILL TURN TO
SHOWERS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL SHARPLY
TO NEAR 3000 FEET BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...LIGHT SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-5900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1700-3300 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 26 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MIN HUMIDITY........63 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 17 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN
                    THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 27 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...RANDY NULPH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130319.OCFR1.01/EKA