FNUS76 KEKA 311747
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR DANCE FIRE...SHASTA-TRINITY NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
1047 AM PDT WED JUL 31 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0946 PDT ON JULY 31.
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 LARGER SCALE COOLING THROUGH THURSDAY AS WELL AS WESTERLY
WINDS ALONG HIGHER TERRAIN AND DRAINAGES IN ALIGNMENT THROUGH MID
WEEK. THIS TROUGH WILL BE DRY WITH NO THREAT OF SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL START
TO WARM TOWARD THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........HAZY SKIES EARLY THIS MORNING WITH AREAS OF SMOKE
                    THEN BECOMING SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....91.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING WEST/SOUTHWEST
                    4 TO 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 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........SOUTHWEST 8 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING WEST/SOUTHWEST 8 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE IN
                    VALLEY LOCATIONS NEAR THE FIRE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING LIGHT DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING DIMINISHING TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......10000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL LATER THIS
                    EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 3 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING LIGHT DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF HAZE AND SMOKE MAINLY EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 0 TO 2 MPH BECOMING WEST
                    2 TO 4 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO 7 TO 10 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    14000 FT AGL BY THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 7 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING WEST 3 TO 5 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...DODD
REQUESTED BY...KEN LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130731.DANCE.01/EKA