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Spot Forecast for Hill Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Eureka CA
617 AM PDT Wed Jul 17 2024

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.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