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SPOT FORECAST FOR OCFR 146...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
929 PM PDT TUE MAR 26 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 PDT ON MARCH 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS
WEEK AS PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS AFFECT THE REGION. A STRONGER
LOW WILL APPROACH THE AREA ON FRIDAY THEN DRIFT SOUTH. THIS FEATURE
MAY BRING WET THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 6 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500-6900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-2200 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 3 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6300-7200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH.
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...KIDWELL
REQUESTED BY...OCFR  RXB
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130327.OCFR1.01/EKA