FNUS76 KEKA 111639 FWSEKA SPOT FORECAST FOR BEARTOOTH 8 11 AM...FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 939 AM PDT SUN AUG 11 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0926 PDT ON AUGUST 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484. .DISCUSSION... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH AND EAST OF THE BURN AREA TODAY. OTHERWISE...DRIER WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WARMER MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK WITH LOWER RH IN THE AFTERNOON AND SLIGHTLY POORER RECOVERIES AT NIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY SMOKE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 1 TO 4 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SW 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING W 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 11600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 7300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY SMOKE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55. MAX HUMIDITY........AROUND 58 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 3 TO 7 MPH BECOMING NE-E 1 TO 3 MPH OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......7300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 7 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY SMOKE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87. MIN HUMIDITY........AROUND 22 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING W 1 TO 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NE 1 TO 3 MPH BECOMING W 2 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 12300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 7900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SW 3 TO 8 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...CAFFREY REQUESTED BY...JIM YACOUB TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130811.BEART.01/EKA