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Spot Forecast for Cedar...USFS
National Weather Service Eureka CA
642 AM PDT Fri Sep 5 2025

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.DISCUSSION...A general cooling pattern has begun to settle into
Northwest California with mostly diurnal winds for Friday and into
the weekend. Overnight RH recovery values range 34%-48% into
Friday morning. ESE winds build to 6-7mph by noon and veer SW by
the late afternoon and build to 9-10mph. RH minimum for Friday
bottoms out at around 25% with a high in the low 80s. Minimum RH
values are expected to slightly increase throughout the weekend as
moisture begins to penetrate the area.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming partly cloudy.
CWR.................3 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2 to 5 mph...becoming southwest 7 to
                    10 mph early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......800-1900 ft AGL increasing to 5400-6400 ft AGL
                    late in the morning, then decreasing to 4000 ft
                    AGL late in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....East around 8 mph south 8 to 9 mph late in
the morning.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........5   5   4   4   4   6   6   6   13  13  13  33
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  57  58  62  68  73  77  79  80  81  80  81
RH..............54  54  54  50  41  34  31  25  25  26  27  32
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NW  NW  NW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   9   9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.3   3               5   5   5   13  13  13  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 5.4 5.4 5.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 4.0
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   8

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................3 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 56.
Max humidity........67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 8 mph in the
                    evening...becoming variable 1 to 3 mph.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL decreasing to 700-1100 ft AGL early
                    in the evening.
Transport winds.....Southwest 2 to 8 mph east around 5 mph early
in the morning.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........33  33  35  35  35  22  22  22  14  14  14  8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............78  77  73  69  66  65  64  63  62  60  59  58
RH..............38  42  47  52  55  58  59  60  61  63  65  67
20 FT wind dir..W   W   SW  SW  SW  SE  SE  SE  NE  NE  NE  N
20 FT wind spd..8   8   5   5   5   1   1   1   2   2   2   1
20 FT wind gust.12  12  6   6   6               3   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 4.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   E
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   8   8   2   2   2   2   2   2   5

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming partly cloudy then becoming
                    sunny.
CWR.................2 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2 to 4 mph...becoming southwest around
                    7 mph early in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL increasing to 6700-8500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East around 5 mph south 7 to 10 mph late in
the morning.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   8   8   8   8   11  11  11  30  30  30  15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............56  56  57  61  66  70  73  75  76  77  78  77
RH..............69  69  67  61  53  46  40  36  34  33  35  37
20 FT wind dir..N   N   SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   1   3   3   3   7   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.                    6   6   6   9   9   9   10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 8.5 8.5 8.5 6.7
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW
Transp wind spd.5   5   5   5   5   10  10  10  10  10  10  7

$$
Forecaster...Johnathon White
Requested by...Robert Holt
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2521164.3/EKA
.DELDT 09/05/25
.EMAIL robert.holt@usda.gov