FNUS76 KEKA 300955
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR DANCE FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
255 AM PDT TUE JUL 30 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0205 PDT ON JULY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SLOWLY DIG INTO THE REGION
THIS WEEK AND BRING COOLING AS WELL AS SOME GUSTY WINDS ALONG HIGHER
TERRAIN AND ALIGNED DRAINAGES THROUGH MID-WEEK. THIS TROUGH WILL BE
RATHER DRY WITH VERY SMALL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS
MOSTLY NEAR THE OREGON BORDER.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 96.
MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO
                    14000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 16 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING LIGHT DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING DIMINISHING TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 3 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY BECOMING WEST 5 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    TO 24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    14000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY BECOMING WEST 8 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CARROLL
REQUESTED BY...MIKE BEASLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130730.DANCE.01/EKA