Spot Forecast Request
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
988 BMBB91 KEKA 292302 STQEKA A SPOT FORECAST REQUEST HAS BEEN RECEIVED FOR INCIDENT TYPE PRESCRIBED NAMED "Rail Creek Unit" REQUEST TYPE: IMMEDIATE DATE: 05/30/24 TIME: 1400 DELIVER DATE: 05/30/24 DELIVER TIME: 1200 SUBMIT DATE: 05/29/24 SUBMIT TIME: 1602 PROJECT NAME: Rail Creek Unit PROJECT TYPE: PRESCRIBED REQUEST REASON: STATE LOCAL REQUESTING AGENCY: CAL FIRE REQUESTING OFFICIAL: Marshall Turbeville EMERGENCY PHONE: (707) 529-2523 EMAIL: marshall.turbeville@fire.ca.gov STATE: CA DLAT: 38.8125 DLON: 123.15 CLON: -123.15 FAX: EXPOSURE: FUEL TYPE: Grass, Oak Woodland, Brush, Forest SHELTERING: partial BOTTOM ELEVATION: 500 TOP ELEVATION: 1400 SIZE (ACRES): 744 REQUESTING HYSPLIT: NO FORMAT: T INTERVAL: 1,1,1,1 WEATHER CONDITION AT INCIDENT OR NEARBY STATIONS ...REMARKS... IAP will be printed at 1PM on Thursday, May 30. Ignitions planned to start between 5 and 6PM on May 30, 2024 and continue into night until conditions do not support ignitions. UAS may also be used for ignitions so any information on winds aloft is helpful as well as for smoke management. Burning will resume on Friday, May 31 as conditions allow and where/as needed to complete the unit. Provided lat/long is a ridgetop location near highest elevation and the unit is both east and west aspects of the ridge to the bottom of each aspect (Rail Creek and Dry Creek). The north end of the unit is the first continuous east/west ridge in Mendocino County that has a fire road along it. Most of the unit is in Sonoma County. No preference on which NWS Office provides the spot weather forecast. A portable RAWS was set up but is not transmitting data. The Cooley Ranch/158PG weather station is located to the east of the unit at a lower elevation. Please email if you would like a map of the unit. ...WEATHER PARAMETERS REQUESTED... TEMPERATURE: 1,1,1,1 LIGHTNING ACTIVITY LEVEL: 1,1,1,1 HUMIDITY: 1,1,1,1 SKY/WEATHER: 1,1,1,1 CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN (>0.10): 1,1,1,1 MIXING HEIGHT: 1,1,1,1 WIND (20 FT): 1,1,1,1 TRANSPORT WINDS: 1,1,1,1 SITE: EKA OFILE: 2415315.0 TIMEZONE: PST8PDT