Land Management Forecasts
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
248 FNUS86 KEKA 142154 FWLEKA ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 254 PM PDT FRI JUN 14 2024 ECC001-151600- FORTUNA DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR FORTUNA DISPATCH 254 PM PDT FRI JUN 14 2024 BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST COMPONENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND MAY CONTINUE OVER THE RIDGES THROUGH TONIGHT. GUSTS AROUND 20 TO 30 MPH FOR LOW ELEVATIONS, RIVER VALLEYS AND TERRAIN GAPS, STRONGEST OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WINDS WEAKEN SATURDAY, AND THEN STRENGTHEN AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR ON SUNDAY. MINIMUM RH`S FROM 15 TO 30% ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON, PRIMARILY IN LAKE, TRINITY AND INTERIOR MENDOCINO COUNTIES. LOCALLY POOR RH RECOVERIES AROUND 30% WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS OVER EXPOSED RIDGES, ESPECIALLY WHERE WINDS PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. HUMIDITY IMPROVE SLIGHTLY DURING THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY WITH OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IN THE 40 TO 60%. POTENTIAL FOR FAST SPREADING GRASS OR BRUSH FIRES WILL INCREASE THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 264 WHERE FINE FUELS CONTINUE TO CURE. $$ ECC006-151600- HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH 254 PM PDT FRI JUN 14 2024 BREEZY WEST TO NORTHWEST COMPONENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, AND MAY CONTINUE OVER THE RIDGES THROUGH TONIGHT. GUSTS AROUND 20 TO 30 MPH FOR LOW ELEVATIONS, RIVER VALLEYS AND TERRAIN GAPS, STRONGEST OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WINDS WEAKEN SATURDAY, AND THEN STRENGTHEN AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR ON SUNDAY. MINIMUM RH`S FROM 15 TO 30% ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON, PRIMARILY IN LAKE, TRINITY AND INTERIOR MENDOCINO COUNTIES. LOCALLY POOR RH RECOVERIES AROUND 30% WILL LIKELY CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS OVER EXPOSED RIDGES, ESPECIALLY WHERE WINDS PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. HUMIDITY IMPROVE SLIGHTLY DURING THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY WITH OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES IN THE 40 TO 60%. POTENTIAL FOR FAST SPREADING GRASS OR BRUSH FIRES WILL INCREASE THIS WEEKEND AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 264 WHERE FINE FUELS CONTINUE TO CURE. $$