Land Management Forecasts
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
436 FNUS86 KEKA 221231 FWLEKA ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 431 AM PST WED JAN 22 2025 ECC001-230645- FORTUNA DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR FORTUNA DISPATCH 431 AM PST WED JAN 22 2025 DRY CONDITIONS ON THE RIDGES THIS MORNING ABOVE THE INVERSION. THE INVERSION APPEARS TO BE MORE SHALLOW THAN YESTERDAY MORNING, SITTING AROUND 1650-1700 FEET BASED ON OBSERVATIONS. RH OF 20% OR LOWER IS WIDESPREAD ABOVE THE INVERSION, AND WILL LIKELY STAY RATHER DRY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. LOOK FOR SOME GUSTY WINDS TO RETURN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AND EVEN INTO SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE ENTIRE AREA, MORE ALONG THE COAST ON FRIDAY AND FOR THE INTERIOR ON SATURDAY. ON FRIDAY, WE STILL STAND A ROUGHLY 20-40% CHANCE OF HITTING GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH ALONG MOST OF THE COAST. ON SATURDAY AS CHANCES INCREASE FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS IN THE INTERIOR, THERE IS A 60% CHANCE OF WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH ON SATURDAY FOR CLEARLAKE IN LAKE COUNTY (WITH MEAN MIN RH NEAR 25%). THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING, WITH PERHAPS UP TO HALF AN INCH OF SNOWFALL FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS, IF ANY, WILL BE LIGHT, AND ALMOST CERTAINLY CONSIDERED NON-WETTING. $$ ECC006-230645- HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH 431 AM PST WED JAN 22 2025 DRY CONDITIONS ON THE RIDGES THIS MORNING ABOVE THE INVERSION. THE INVERSION APPEARS TO BE MORE SHALLOW THAN YESTERDAY MORNING, SITTING AROUND 1650-1700 FEET BASED ON OBSERVATIONS. RH OF 20% OR LOWER IS WIDESPREAD ABOVE THE INVERSION, AND WILL LIKELY STAY RATHER DRY FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. LOOK FOR SOME GUSTY WINDS TO RETURN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, AND EVEN INTO SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE ENTIRE AREA, MORE ALONG THE COAST ON FRIDAY AND FOR THE INTERIOR ON SATURDAY. ON FRIDAY, WE STILL STAND A ROUGHLY 20-40% CHANCE OF HITTING GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH ALONG MOST OF THE COAST. ON SATURDAY AS CHANCES INCREASE FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS IN THE INTERIOR, THERE IS A 60% CHANCE OF WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 45 MPH ON SATURDAY FOR CLEARLAKE IN LAKE COUNTY (WITH MEAN MIN RH NEAR 25%). THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING, WITH PERHAPS UP TO HALF AN INCH OF SNOWFALL FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS, IF ANY, WILL BE LIGHT, AND ALMOST CERTAINLY CONSIDERED NON-WETTING. $$