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SPOT FORECAST FOR SUPPLY UNIT 3...HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
308 PM PDT THU MAY 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 2000 PDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...THE VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL HOLD THROUGH THE NEXT FEW
DAYS ACROSS THE BURN AREA. EASTERLY FLOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE ALTHOUGH
THE WIND SPEEDS WILL LESSEN A BIT TONIGHT. THE EASTERLY WINDS WILL
INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES
WILL BE SLIGHTLY BETTER TONIGHT THAN WHAT OCCUR ED LAST NIGHT...BUT WILL SEE
ANOTHER ROUND OF LOW DAYTIME RH'S TOMORROW. THE OFFSHORE PATTERN WILL SHIFT TO
A MORE CONVECTIVE PATTERN BEGINNING SATURDAY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL INLAND AREAS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ABOVE 2000 FT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AND
CONTINUED VERY DRY WITH POOR RECOVERY...

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52 TO 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........27 TO 37 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST OR UPSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH UNTIL 2100 PDT THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST AND NORTHEAST AND INCREASING TO 4 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 12 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST AND NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH...GUSTS TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TONKIN
REQUESTED BY...ROCKY COLEGROVE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130502.SUPPL.01/EKA