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Spot Forecast for CFMC TREX...Cultural Fire Management Council
National Weather Service Eureka CA
553 AM PDT Wed Sep 25 2024

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.DISCUSSION...Light winds out of the northwest at 2mph or so will continue
through the rest of the day, reducing to almost calm at sunset and into early
Thursday morning. The lowest RH values today will bottom out around 50% in
the late afternoon. Sky conditions will fill in by the afternoon to partly cloudy.
High temps today around 82F. RH recoveries overnight into Thursday will range
65% - 100% as a shortwave trough cools things off and introduces clouds. Winds
Thursday morning are light and westerly, veering a bit of a northerly component
as the evening approaches. RH values bottom out around 40% late Thursday
afternoon. Skies will be mostly clear by the late morning. High temps near 85F on
Thursday. Overnight RH recoveries range 57% - 96% into Friday. Light east-northeast
winds Friday morning at 2mph veer northwest by the afternoon at the same velocity
becoming more southerly and variable Friday after sunset. The lowest RH values for
Friday are around 32% with the high temp around 90F.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2 to 4 mph...becoming northwest 5 to 7
                    mph early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1300-2200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 7 mph.

TIME (PDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........50  50  77  77  77  75  75  75  59
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............54  59  67  70  73  74  74  76  73
RH..............86  78  63  57  57  55  55  58  57
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   3   3   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.7   7   12  12  12  15  15  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.3 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.9
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.5   5   7   7   7   7   7   7   7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening...becoming variable 1 to 3 mph.
Mixing height.......900-1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 3 to 7 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........59  59  61  61  61  48  48  48  39  39  39  36
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............71  69  61  59  57  55  55  54  54  53  53  53
RH..............61  68  78  87  93  96  100 96  100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..5   5   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.14  14  8   8   8   7   7   7   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 1.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   7   7   5   5   5   5   5   5   3

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1 to 3 mph...becoming west 5 to 8 mph
                    early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1000-2400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 7 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36  36  14  14  14  2   2   2   1   1   1   1
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............52  52  52  53  59  67  73  76  78  79  80  79
RH..............100 100 100 96  83  63  51  46  45  44  42  45
20 FT wind dir..N   N   E   E   E   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   6   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   13  13  13  16
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.8
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.3   3   3   3   3   6   6   6   6   6   6   7

.OUTLOOK FOR MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30 THROUGH FRIDAY OCTOBER 04...
FOR NW CALIF...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

$$
Forecaster...Swafford
Requested by...Robert McConnell Jr.
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2423004.0/EKA
.DELDT 09/25/24
.EMAIL robert@culturalfire.org,claire@culturalfire.org.