Land Management Forecasts
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
624 FNUS86 KEKA 291016 FWLEKA ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 316 AM PDT SAT JUN 29 2024 ECC001-300430- FORTUNA DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR FORTUNA DISPATCH 316 AM PDT SAT JUN 29 2024 SEASONABLE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH INTERIOR HIGHS NEAR 90. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITH RH VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT AWAY FROM COASTAL INFLUENCE. AT THE SAME TIME, A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE NORTHWEST FLOW IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG HIGH TERRAIN AND IN WIND CHANNELED AREAS. DRY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH ENHANCED AFTERNOON WIND WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY AND SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY IN FINE FUELS. CALMER BUT VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL BUILD EARLY NEXT WEEK. $$ ECC006-300430- HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH 316 AM PDT SAT JUN 29 2024 SEASONABLE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH INTERIOR HIGHS NEAR 90. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITH RH VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 20 PERCENT AWAY FROM COASTAL INFLUENCE. AT THE SAME TIME, A PASSING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE NORTHWEST FLOW IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG HIGH TERRAIN AND IN WIND CHANNELED AREAS. DRY CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH ENHANCED AFTERNOON WIND WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED FIRE DANGER TODAY AND SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY IN FINE FUELS. CALMER BUT VERY HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL BUILD EARLY NEXT WEEK. $$