FNUS76 KEKA 010319
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR DANCE FIRE...NORCAL TEAM 2
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
819 PM PDT WED JUL 31 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1945 PDT ON JULY 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION WILL BRING COOLER
TEMPERATURES AGAIN THURSDAY. FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND TEMPERATURES
WILL START TO WARM AGAIN. WINDS WILL BE MAINLY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING
WINDS OVER THE RIDGES WILL TURN NORTHEASTERLY OVERNIGHT BUT
REMAIN LIGHT. THIS TROUGH WILL BE DRY WITH NO THREAT OF SHOWERS
OR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST
                    4 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5 MPH INCREASING TO 7 TO 10 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    14000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING WEST 4 TO
                    6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF SMOKE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST LATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......14000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 6 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY. GUSTS TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. AREAS OF SMOKE IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........19 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH BECOMING WEST 4 TO 6 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    14000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 7 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING WEST 4 TO
                    6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...KIDWELL
REQUESTED BY...KEN LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130731.DANCE.02/EKA