FNUS76 KEKA 100458
FWSEKA

SPOT FORECAST FOR DANCE FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
958 PM PDT FRI AUG 9 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2104 PDT ON AUGUST 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LOW SITTING OVER NW CALIFORNIA WILL BRING A THREAT OF
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FIRE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY WITH AREAS OF SMOKE. SCATTERED
                    SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1000 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST 3 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY WITH AREAS OF SMOKE. ISOLATED
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MAX HUMIDITY........55 TO 60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT AND VARIABLE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY WITH AREAS OF SMOKE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT AND VARIABLE BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 10
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CARROLL
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS FUSI
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130809.DANCE.01/EKA