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Spot Forecast for Cedar...USFS
National Weather Service Eureka CA
647 PM PDT Tue Sep 2 2025

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...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...A red flag warning in effect through this evening is due
to the possibility for dry lightning storms leading to plume domination
and gusty inflow/outflow winds. After the threat of storms passes tonight,
Another day or two of dry conditions, high temperatures, and gusty diurnal
winds are expected. A weak cold front is passing overhead at the end of
this week into the weekend.This passage will bring down overall temperatures,
keep winds gusty, and allow for more robust nighttime recoveries.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming partly cloudy then becoming
                    sunny. Under 5% chance of thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....86-89F.
Min humidity........17-21%.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2-4mph early, becoming east 5-9mph
                    mid morning with gusts to 25mph possible in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Early morning valley inversion conditions,
                    building to 9600-10000ft AGL by the afternoon
Transport winds.....Southeast around 14mph southwest around 6mph
                    late in the afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........15  15  15  15  15  11  11  11  32  32  32  17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............64  63  64  67  74  78  83  85  87  88  88  87
RH..............50  52  52  49  37  32  24  20  18  17  17  19
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   S   S   S   SW
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   5   5   9   9   9   5   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.5   5   7   7   7   17  17  18  20  20  22  23
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 2.1 2.1 2.1 6.6 6.6 6.6 8.5 8.5 8.5 3.6
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SW
Transp wind spd.14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  14  6

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....57-62F.
Max humidity........47-52%.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds around 6mph with gusts to 13mph
                    early in the evening...becoming variable 1-3mph.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL in the afternoon decreasing to 0-500ft
                    AGL early in the evening with an inversion forecasted.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 6mph east 6-7mph late in
                    the evening.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........17  17  21  21  21  22  22  22  21  21  21  21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............85  82  78  75  73  71  70  69  67  66  65  64
RH..............26  31  35  38  41  42  41  40  42  42  41  41
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   1
20 FT wind gust.21  17  7   7   7               5   5   5   2
Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 3.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming partly cloudy then becoming
                    sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....85-88F.
Min humidity........18-22%.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1-3mph...becoming southwest 5-8mph
                    early in the afternoon with gusts to 20mph possible.
Mixing height.......Inversion breaking and MH increasing to 5700 ft AGL late
                    in the morning, before increasing to 9900 ft AGL
                    early in the afternoon decreasing to 6400 ft
                    AGL late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7-10mph southwest around 7mph
                    late in the afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........21  21  24  24  24  28  28  28  23  23  23  19
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............63  63  64  68  73  78  82  85  86  87  86  85
RH..............43  44  45  40  35  30  25  23  22  21  23  25
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  S   S   S   S   S   S   W
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   1   2   2   2   6   6   6   7
20 FT wind gust.2   2   2   2   2   6   6   6   13  14  16  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 9.9 9.9 9.9 6.4
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SW
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   7   7   10  10  10  10  10  10  7

$$
Forecaster...Schmiegel
Requested by...Robert Holt
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2521164.0/EKA
.DELDT 09/02/25
.EMAIL robert.holt@usda.gov