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Spot Forecast for Peak...USFS
National Weather Service Eureka CA
559 PM PDT Thu Aug 28 2025

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.DISCUSSION...Warm and dry weather will prevail over the wildfire
area Friday and through the weekend. Recoveries will be poor to
moderate, with a slight improvement overnight Friday to 44%. Min
RH will drop to the mid to low teens Friday while winds remain
relatively light and diurnally and terrain drive.

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear. Patchy smoke early in the evening. Haze
                    late in the night.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........34 to 41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 6 mph...shifting to the
                    west 5 to 8 mph early in the evening,
                    then...becoming variable 2 to 5 mph after
                    midnight...becoming southwest around 5 mph late
                    in the night.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL decreasing to 900 ft AGL early in
                    the evening. Decreasing to 600 to 700 ft early
                    Friday morning.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 8 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   1   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   4
Weather cov.....PTY PTY                                     DEF
Weather type....SMK SMK                                     HAZ
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............78  76  74  70  69  69  67  67  66  66  64  62
RH..............21  25  25  26  27  27  28  28  28  29  29  31
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   7   7   7   3   3   3   5
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   8   8   10  10  10  5   5   5   7
Mix hgt (kft)...5.3 5.3 4.2 9.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7   7   7   7   5

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming partly cloudy. Haze in the
                    morning. Haze early in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Ridges:72-76
                    Valleys: 86-94.
Min humidity........15-22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 5 mph early in the
                    morning...becoming variable 2 to 5 mph,
                    then...becoming south 5 to 8 mph late in the
                    morning...shifting south to southwest around 6-9
                    mph with occasional gusts to 15 mph.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL increasing to 2000 ft AGL through
9 am and increasing to 6200 ft AGL through noon, then increasing
to 8900 ft AGL early in the afternoon, decreasing to 5900 ft AGL
late in the afternoon. Transport winds.....South 5 to 13 mph, west
around 7 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   4   26  26  26  26  26  26  27  27  27  40
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF             DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ             HAZ HAZ HAZ HAZ
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............62  61  60  61  69  74  79  82  85  85  81  83
RH..............31  32  42  42  36  29  28  24  20  20  22  22
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
20 FT wind spd..5   5   2   2   2   6   6   6   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.7   7   3   3   3   7   7   7   10  10  10  9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.6 0.7 2.2 2.2 3.3 5.0 6.2 8.9 8.9 7.1 5.9
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   W
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   5   13  13  13  13  13  13  7

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly clear. Haze
                    early in the evening.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 58.
Max humidity........38 to 44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening...becoming
                    variable 2 to 4 mph.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL decreasing to 500-600 ft AGL early
                    in the evening.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 7 mph, north around 5 mph early in the
                    morning.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........40  40  24  24  24  15  15  15  4   4   4   10
Weather cov.....DEF DEF
Weather type....HAZ HAZ
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............78  76  73  70  68  67  66  65  64  63  61  60
RH..............27  26  27  28  29  29  29  29  30  30  31  32
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..7   7   6   6   6   1   1   1   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.9   9   8   8   8   2   2   2   3   3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...5.9 5.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   5

$$
Forecaster...Wood
Requested by...Robert Holt
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520727.4/EKA
.DELDT 08/28/25
.EMAIL robert.holt@usda.gov, ryan.walbrun@noaa.gov