Land Management Forecasts
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
042 FNUS86 KEKA 192124 FWLEKA ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 224 PM PDT SAT SEP 19 2026 ECC001-201530- FORTUNA DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR FORTUNA DISPATCH 224 PM PDT SAT SEP 19 2026 CONDITIONS HAVE QUICKLY WARMED AND DRIED TODAY WITH HOTTER INTERIOR VALLEYS REACHING 90 AND RH NEAR 30 PERCENT. BY SUNDAY, INTERIOR HIGHS WILL RETURN TO THE MID 90S WITH MINIMUM RH INTO THE TEENS. STRONG THERMAL BELTS WILL ALSO WORSEN RH RECOVERY AT MID AND UPPER SLOPES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND MARINE INFLUENCE WILL PULL MUCH CLOSER TO SHORE. FOR THE MOST PART, WINDS WILL REMAIN WEAK AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. SUCH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK, ALLOWING FUEL DRYING TO ACCUMULATE. $$ ECC006-201530- HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH 224 PM PDT SAT SEP 19 2026 CONDITIONS HAVE QUICKLY WARMED AND DRIED TODAY WITH HOTTER INTERIOR VALLEYS REACHING 90 AND RH NEAR 30 PERCENT. BY SUNDAY, INTERIOR HIGHS WILL RETURN TO THE MID 90S WITH MINIMUM RH INTO THE TEENS. STRONG THERMAL BELTS WILL ALSO WORSEN RH RECOVERY AT MID AND UPPER SLOPES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND MARINE INFLUENCE WILL PULL MUCH CLOSER TO SHORE. FOR THE MOST PART, WINDS WILL REMAIN WEAK AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. SUCH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK, ALLOWING FUEL DRYING TO ACCUMULATE. $$