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Spot Forecast for Howard Forest VMP...CALFIRE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
623 PM PDT Sat Oct 24 2026

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.DISCUSSION...A troughing pattern will move into Northwest
California by early this coming week which will bring cooler and
more moist conditions to this area. Wetting rain chances are
pretty slight with chances of very light showers for Monday
morning being about 15 to 20 percent. There will be a slight
uptick in westerly winds both Monday and Tuesday afternoon with
gusts most likely over 15 mph both afternoons. Each night should
see decent RH recovery.

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy then
                    becoming sunny. Slight chance of rain early in
                    the morning.
CWR.................7 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 56.
Min humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2 to 5 mph...becoming west 5 to 8 mph
                    late in the morning.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL increasing to 2500-4300 ft AGL late
                    in the morning.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 9 mph.

TIME (PDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........64  64  64  59  59  59  26  26  26  16
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............45  46  47  49  50  52  53  54  54  54
RH..............93  93  91  87  82  77  72  68  65  65
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   5   5   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   9   9   9   16  16  16  17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 2.9
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   8   8   8   8   8   8   9

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 7 mph early in the
                    evening...becoming variable 2 to 4 mph.
Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL decreasing to 300-600 ft AGL early
                    in the evening.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 9 mph north around 6 mph
late in the evening.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........16  16  20  20  20  19  19  19  22  22  22  21
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............52  50  48  47  46  46  46  45  45  44  43  42
RH..............68  74  78  79  79  79  80  82  84  86  89  91
20 FT wind dir..W   W   NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   NE
20 FT wind spd..7   7   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.17  17  8   8   8   8   8   8   7   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...2.9 2.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.9   9   9   9   9   6   6   6   6   6   6   6

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 58.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2 to 4 mph...becoming west 5 to 7 mph
                    early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......300-1700 ft AGL increasing to 1900-3500 ft AGL
                    early in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....North around 6 mph west 6 to 8 mph late in
the morning.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........21  21  16  16  16  10  10  10  21  21  21  24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............41  40  41  44  48  52  54  55  56  57  58  58
RH..............93  95  93  87  78  70  63  58  55  54  56  55
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   5   5   5   6
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   7   7   5   5   5   10  10  10  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.7 1.7 1.7 3.5 3.5 3.5 1.9
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   8

$$
Forecaster...Johnathon White
Requested by...Chris Holmes
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624493.0/EKA
.DELDT 10/24/26
.EMAIL Chris.Holmes@fire.ca.gov