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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
061 FNUS76 KEKA 170527 FWSEKA Spot Forecast for Hill Incident...USFS National Weather Service Eureka CA 1027 PM PDT Fri Aug 16 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...An upper level trough will enter our region early Saturday morning, promoting increasing moisture and lowering temperatures into the low to mid 60`s. Rain showers are expected from late morning through early evening. There is a 40-50% chance of thunderstorms from 1200 to 1800 for the incident area. Some of the storms may be strong with the potential for lightning strikes, gusty and erratic winds, and small hail. Any storms that do form are currently forecasted to be quick moving to the NW. Showers or thunderstorms comes to an end Saturday evening. Good RH`s overnight recoveries are forecasted for Saturday night into Sunday. Drying weather conditions and slightly warmer temperatures are expeceted on Sunday. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers in the morning, then rain showers and chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................57 percent. LAL.................1, then 3 in the afternoon. Max temperature.....60-65. Min humidity........43-55 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 12 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......0-600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South around 9 mph. .SATURDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of rain showers after midnight. CWR.................9 percent. LAL.................3, then 1 after midnight. Min temperature.....51-54. Max humidity........67-77 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 24 mph in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Mixing height.......0 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South around 9 mph. .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming sunny. Slight chance of rain showers in the morning. CWR.................5 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....63-66. Min humidity........35-45 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph...shifting to the southwest 7 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Mixing height.......0 ft AGL increasing to 2000-3600 ft AGL late in the morning, then decreasing to 1000 ft AGL late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....South around 9 mph. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .MONDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Highs in the mid to upper 60s. North winds around 5 mph. .TUESDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s. Highs in the mid to upper 60s. South winds around 5 mph. .WEDNESDAY... Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. Northwest winds around 6 mph. .OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY AUGUST 22 THROUGH MONDAY AUGUST 26... FOR NW CALIF...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. $$ Forecaster...Velez Requested by...Plans Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2420211.1/EKA .DELDT 08/16/24 .EMAIL joseph.bain@usda.gov