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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
709 FNUS76 KEKA 171317 FWSEKA Spot Forecast for Hill Fire...USFS National Weather Service Eureka CA 617 AM PDT Wed Jul 17 2024 If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. If you have questions or concerns regarding this forecast, please contact our office at (707) 443-6484 Please do not respond directly if you have received this in an email. .DISCUSSION...A moderately deep marine layer tonight will result in slightly higher RH`s in the valleys, while local ridges above the inversion see poor recoveries and low RH`s this morning. Poor recoveries are possible on ridges again tonight. Winds are forecast to remain light south to southeast this morning, then weaken by late morning. Diurnally driven light westerly and northwest winds will return this afternoon and redevelop each afternoon for the remainder of the week. Warmer and drier conditions are forecast toward the latter portion of the week and into the weekend. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming sunny. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Around 81. Min humidity........25 to 30 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the morning...becoming variable 2 to 4 mph, then...becoming west around 5 mph early in the afternoon. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL increasing to 2500 ft AGL late in the morning. Transport winds.....South around 6 mph, becoming west 6 to 7 mph late in the morning. TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........28 28 13 13 13 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............56 56 59 63 69 73 75 77 79 79 78 79 RH..............57 55 49 46 35 31 38 36 35 38 39 49 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S NW NW NW W W W NW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 20 FT wind gust.6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 12 12 12 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.4 1.3 Transp wind dir.S S S S S W W W W W W NW Transp wind spd.6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....Around 58. Max humidity........60 to 70 percent in the valleys, but as low as 30 percent on the ridge just west of the fire. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the evening...becoming variable 1 to 3 mph. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 6 mph. TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............76 74 71 65 64 63 61 61 61 60 59 59 RH..............64 64 66 65 60 65 65 56 56 60 51 51 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..5 5 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 FT wind gust.13 13 10 10 10 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....79 to 83. Min humidity........27 to 32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2 to 4 mph...becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph late in the morning. Mixing height.......500-2000 ft AGL increasing to 1700-3200 ft AGL early in the afternoon. Transport winds.....North around 5 mph, becoming west 6 to 9 mph late in the morning. TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........5 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............58 60 62 66 73 77 79 81 82 83 83 82 RH..............62 62 60 40 35 32 36 35 32 31 31 32 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NE NE NE NW NW NW W W W NW 20 FT wind spd..1 1 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 20 FT wind gust.3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 12 12 12 15 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 1.7 Transp wind dir.N N N N N W W W W W W NW Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 $$ Forecaster...Jewel Requested by...Theresa Schaffner Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2418210.2/EKA .DELDT 07/17/24 .EMAIL theresa.schaffner@nps.gov