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Spot Forecast for Hill Incident...USFS
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1027 PM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

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.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