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Spot Forecast for Hill Fire...USFS
National Weather Service Eureka CA
253 PM PDT Tue Jul 16 2024

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.DISCUSSION...Winds out of the southwest this afternoon around 8 - 10 mph will
ease to near calm by dusk, veering to a southerly bearing overnight into Wednesday
early morning hours with recovery RH values ranging 23 - 55%.  Lowest RH values for
Wednesday in the low 20% range. Westerly winds around 5 - 6 mph in the afternoon will
veer to a northerly bearing by 10pm Wednesday evening.
.UPDATE...Light to calm winds on Thursday morning with overnight recovery RH% around
42% - 48%. Thursday afternoon will have the lowest RH value around 32% with westerly
winds increasing slightly to  5 - 6 mph through the evening. Winds ease soon after to
around 2 - 3 mph and veering northerly late Thursday night.


.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 6 mph early in the
                    evening...becoming variable 2 to 4 mph,
                    then...becoming south around 5 mph after
                    midnight...becoming variable 2 to 4 mph.
Mixing height.......500-1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 7 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........21  21  7   7   7   22  22  22  13  13  13  28
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............79  76  72  65  63  61  60  60  59  58  58  58
RH..............42  41  42  43  45  46  48  45  43  46  43  40
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   6   2   2   2   3   3   3   5   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.7   7   3   3   3   5   5   5   6   6   6   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   6

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1 to 3 mph...becoming west 5 to 7 mph
                    early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......500-1100 ft AGL increasing to 1600-2800 ft AGL
                    late in the morning.
Transport winds.....South around 6 mphwest late in the morning.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........28  28  13  13  13  1   1   1   3   3   3   0
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  58  61  65  71  76  78  79  81  81  81  81
RH..............44  43  40  38  36  32  36  35  34  36  36  36
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SE  SE  SE  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   5   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.5   5   3   3   3               6   6   6   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 1.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 7 mph in the
                    evening...becoming variable 1 to 3 mph.
Mixing height.......400-1600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mphnorth around 5 mph late
                    in the evening.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........0   0   5   5   5   4   4   4   5   5   5   9
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............79  76  72  67  64  64  63  62  61  60  60  60
RH..............40  41  43  42  44  42  41  40  40  39  38  38
20 FT wind dir..W   W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   NE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   5   5   5   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   7   7   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 1.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 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.....Around 83.
Min humidity........33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2 to 4 mph...becoming west 5 to 8 mph
                    early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......500-2200 ft AGL increasing to 4000 ft AGL early
                    in the afternoon, then decreasing to 2000 ft
                    AGL late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North around 5 mphnorthwest 6 to 8 mph late in
                    the morning.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........9   9   5   5   5   2   2   2   1   1   1   1
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............60  61  63  68  74  79  81  82  82  83  83  82
RH..............40  41  42  39  35  32  32  32  33  33  33  33
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   6   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.                    5   5   5   8   8   8   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.2 2.2 2.2 4.0 4.0 4.0 2.0
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   8

$$
Forecaster...Swafford
Requested by...Theresa Schaffner
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2418210.0/EKA
.DELDT 07/16/24
.EMAIL theresa.schaffner@nps.gov