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National Weather Service Eureka CA
408 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. A slightly improve in
daytime recoveries is forecast for Friday with values around 18
percent as high level moisture stream across the area throughout
the day. Moderate overnight RH recoveries values around 44 percent
Friday night into Saturday. Winds will be light and terrain driven
with some enhanced upslope breezes in the afternoon on Friday.


.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming partly cloudy. Haze in the
                    morning. Haze early in the afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........15 to 20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Downslope winds around 5 mph early in the
                    morning...becoming variable 2 to 5 mph,
                    then...becoming upslope 5 to 8 mph late in the
                    morning...Occasional gusts around 15 mph...
Mixing height.......900-2200 ft AGL increasing to 6200 ft AGL late
                    in the morning, 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)...0.9 0.9 2.2 2.2 2.2 6.2 6.2 6.2 8.9 8.9 8.9 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........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Upslope winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening with
occasional gusts around 15 mph...becoming downslope 2 to 4 mph.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL decreasing to 700-900 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 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
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

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........15 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2 to 4 mph...upslope 5 to 7 mph
                    late in the morning.
Mixing height.......700-900 ft AGL increasing to 8500-8600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 5 mph south 6 to 8 mph late in
the morning.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10  10  5   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   14
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............59  58  59  63  68  74  79  83  86  86  84  81
RH..............36  40  42  40  36  30  26  22  18  17  18  20
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  N   N   N   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
20 FT wind spd..2   2   3   3   3   5   5   5   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.3   3   7   7   7   8   8   8   10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.7 5.0 5.0 5.0 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.6
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   5   8   8   8   8   8   8   6

$$
Forecaster...Velez
Requested by...Robert Holt
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2520727.3/EKA
.DELDT 08/28/25
.EMAIL robert.holt@usda.gov