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Spot Forecast for Dillon...USFS
National Weather Service Eureka CA
217 PM PDT Wed Aug 27 2025

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.DISCUSSION...Light northerly winds Thursday morning will see a southerly
flow building from 2-5mph by the afternoon and further increasing towards
10mph with a more westerly component. RH bottoms out around 16-18% in the late
afternoon just as temps max out around 85-88F. Winds ease just a few hours before sunset,
out of the SW around 5-7mph. Overnight RH recoveries 38%-48%, with winds variable overnight
into Friday early morning and prevailing from easterly at 7-8mph by sunrise. Winds veer
southerly at 5-7mph before noon and ramp up to around 9-10mph a few hours soon after.
RH bottoms out at 17%-18% in the afternoon with a high temp around 84-85F.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Patchy smoke early in the morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph in the
                    morning...becoming variable 2 to 5 mph,
                    then...becoming southwest 6 to 9 mph early in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......800-1500 ft AGL increasing to 5100-5700 ft AGL
                    late in the morning, then decreasing to 2200 ft
                    AGL late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 13 mph.

TIME (PDT)      7 AM      10 AM     1 PM      4 PM
Sky (%).........2         2         1         2
Weather cov.....PATCHY
Weather type....SMOKE     NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............61        72        84        85
RH..............46        31        17        21
20 FT wind......NE 5G7    N 5G6     S 3G7     SW 6G12
Mix hgt (ft)....800       1500      5100      5700
Transport wind..S 6       S 6       S 13      S 13

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 61.
Max humidity........39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph...shifting to the
                    east around 6 mph after midnight.
Mixing height.......600-2200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mphsoutheast around 5 mph
                    late in the evening.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........2         5         1         2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............81        70        66        64
RH..............26        35        38        37
20 FT wind......SW 8G14   SW 5G8    SE 6G7    E 6G8
Mix hgt (ft)....2200      700       600       700
Transport wind..SW 7      SW 7      SE 5      SE 5

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming partly cloudy then becoming
                    sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........19 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph...shifting to the
                    southwest 5 to 8 mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......600-700 ft AGL increasing to 3600 ft AGL late
                    in the morning, then increasing to 6200 ft AGL
                    early in the afternoon decreasing to 3800 ft
                    AGL late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 5 mphsouth 9 to 10 mph late in the
                    morning.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........6         25        22        27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
Temp............62        67        79        84
RH..............39        34        20        19
20 FT wind......E 6G7     E 5G7     S 5G8     SW 6G13
Mix hgt (ft)....600       700       3600      6200
Transport wind..E 5       E 5       S 10      S 10

$$
Forecaster...Swafford
Requested by...Alex Miyagishima
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520849.0/EKA
.DELDT 08/27/25
.EMAIL alexander.miyagishima@usda.gov