Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA

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SPOT FORECAST FOR LT BURN PILE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
248 PM PDT WED MAY 22 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 PDT ON MAY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING COOLER
TEMPERATURES TO THE DISTRICTS THROUGH THURSDAY. THE TROUGH WILL
ALSO BRING A CHANCE SHOWERS TO THE NORTHERN DISTRICTS THROUGH
THURSDAY. BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY OVER
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND RIDGES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED SHOWERS OVER RIDGETOPS
                    AWAY FROM THE BURN AREA.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 61.
RH..................38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
                    RH RECOVERY 97 PERCENT OVERNIGHT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NW 4 TO 6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NW 15 TO 20 G 28 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NNW 16 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 TO 9 G 13 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...SUBSIDING TO NNW 4 TO 6 MPH THIS
                    EVENING.

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FORECASTER...DODD
REQUESTED BY...LANNING
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130522.LTBUR.01/EKA
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