Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
656 FNUS76 KEKA 281256 FWSEKA Spot Forecast for Lake Forest Plantations Broadcast...USFS National Weather Service Eureka CA 556 AM PDT Wed Oct 28 2026 If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. If you have questions or concerns regarding this forecast, please contact our office at (707) 443-6484 Please do not respond directly if you have received this in an email. .DISCUSSION...Relatively unsettled and unstable weather will continue through the week. Chilly, frosty conditions this morning will warm to the low 60s by the afternoon with minimal cloud coverage over the burn area. Daytime winds will struggle to increase after the inversion breaks due to minimal forcing for local winds and sheltering from general winds. RH values are expected to drop to the 30s this afternoon as well. Overnight, RH values struggle to increase past 60% allowing for an earlier burn window Thursday. Winds increase Thursday as well with gusts up to 8mph, yet most of the day will consist of light winds, especially at eye level. Mixing heights are likely to increase above the surrounding terrain during the peak of the afternoon, yet smoke could get trapped during smoldering after the peak heat of the burn is put out and the inversion of the lake forms each night. .TODAY... TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........7 7 6 6 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 6 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............36 35 35 39 46 50 56 59 61 61 62 60 RH..............59 58 59 52 49 43 39 34 29 29 29 29 20 FT wind dir..NE NE E E E S S S S S S NE 20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 20 FT wind gust.2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.9 1.9 1.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 1.0 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W NW Transp wind spd.6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 .TONIGHT... TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........6 6 17 17 17 31 31 31 35 35 35 61 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............57 53 48 46 45 43 42 42 41 41 40 39 RH..............34 40 42 42 43 46 45 46 46 44 47 46 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E N 20 FT wind spd..3 3 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 20 FT wind gust.5 5 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 .THURSDAY... TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........61 61 60 60 60 80 80 80 83 83 83 99 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............39 39 38 42 48 52 56 57 59 59 60 58 RH..............48 47 48 46 43 39 35 32 28 28 28 29 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N SE SE SE SE SE SE N 20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 FT wind gust.1 1 1 1 1 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.8 1.8 1.8 3.2 3.2 3.2 1.4 Transp wind dir.N N N N N SW SW SW SW SW SW S Transp wind spd.3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 $$ Forecaster...Schmiegel Requested by...Nate Ulrich Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2624602.2/EKA .DELDT 10/28/26 .EMAIL nathan.ulrich@usda.gov,ryan.regelin@usda.gov,christopher.woodman@usda.gov,joshua.wright@usda.gov