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Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
843 FNUS76 KEKA 161356 FWSEKA Spot Forecast for Hill Incident...USFS National Weather Service Eureka CA 656 AM 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...Slightly drier conditions are expected today. Daytime RH`s are forecasted to be in the low 30`s to low 40`s percent. Diurnally and terrain driven winds will be likely with west to northwest winds from 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon, becoming light variable winds late in the evening. A deep upper-level trough will develops offshore over the weekend, bringing good RH overnight recoveries and lowering temperatures slightly. Rain showers are likely Saturday, mainly in the afternoon. There is a 30% chance for thunderstorm Saturday afternoon and evening. Erratic gusty winds are possible with the closer thunderstorms. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Max temperature.....Valleys, Around 80 Ridges, 66-69. Min humidity........30-45 percent, highest on the ridges. Wind (20 ft)........Valleys, Variable 1 to 3 becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph. Ridges, Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph. Mixing height.......Increasing to 2000-2500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph. .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear. CWR.................0 percent. LAL.................1. Min temperature.....50 to 55. Max humidity........50-80 percent, highest on the ridges. Wind (20 ft)........Valleys, northwest 5 to 8 mph becoming variable 2 to 4 mph Ridges, west winds 5 to 10 mph. Mixing height.......Diminishing to 200 to 400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest around 6 mph. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Scattered rain showers in the morning, then rain showers and isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. CWR.................81 percent. LAL.................1, then 2 in the afternoon. Max temperature.....60-63. Min humidity........50 to 80 percent, highest on the ridges. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......Increasing 2000-3000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South around 8 mph. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SUNDAY... Partly cloudy. Chance of showers. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Highs in the lower to mid 60s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. .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 lower to mid 50s. Highs in the mid to upper 60s. North winds around 6 mph. .OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY AUGUST 21 THROUGH SUNDAY AUGUST 25... FOR NW CALIF...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION. $$ Forecaster...Kidwell Requested by...Plans Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2420211.1/EKA .DELDT 08/16/24 .EMAIL joseph.bain@usda.gov