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SPOT FORECAST FOR DANCE FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
525 AM PDT WED AUG 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2156 PDT ON AUGUST 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM PDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS A THREAT THIS MORNING
AT THE DANCE FIRE AS A PULSE OF ENERGY WORKS ITS WAY AROUND THE
APPROACHING UPPER LOW. STORM MOTIONS WILL SLOW THIS EVENING INTO
TOMORROW ALLOWING THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME INCREASINGLY WET INTO
THU. THE MAIN THREAT ON THU WILL BE ABUNDANT LIGHTNING AT THE SITE
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL, GUSTY WINDS, AND HEAVY RAIN.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF SMOKE. ISOLATED SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE DRY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3400 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 7300 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4200 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. AREAS OF SMOKE
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1700 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 1 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF SMOKE THROUGH THE DAY.
                    SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN PERIODS OF HAIL...
                    GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 9200 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 6100 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 2 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GARCIA
REQUESTED BY...ORLEANS RD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130806.DANCE.01/EKA