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FNUS76 KEKA 141738
FWSEKA

Spot Forecast for CFMC McKinnon Hill 2...Cultural Fire Management Council
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1038 AM PDT Fri Aug 14 2026

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.DISCUSSION...Cloud cover should scatter out by noon as winds out of the
WNW pick up 5-8mph, mixing and lifting as they build into the late afternoon
and easing by sunset 3-2mph. Cloud cover coming back by 5-6pm. High temp
today of 75-77F with a minimum RH of 54%. Winds tonight easing from 2mph to
calm by 2am or so and reversing direction from WNW to ESE as Saturday morning
arrives. Overnight recovery RH values range 74%-93% into Saturday. High temp
Saturday of 78-79F with a minimum RH of 50-51%. Winds build up to 5-7mph
just before noon and peaking by the late afternoon out of the West.
WNW winds east by sunset 2-1mph and reverse before midnight to ENE and calm into
the early Sunday morning hours.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming sunny then becoming
                    partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2 to 5 mph...becoming west 5 to 8 mph
                    late in the morning.
Mixing height.......1100-2100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 2 to 8 mph.

TIME (PDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........81  81  16  16  16  30  30  30  82
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............55  60  68  72  73  75  75  74  75
RH..............92  83  63  58  56  53  55  55  57
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
20 FT wind spd..1   1   5   5   5   7   7   7   6
20 FT wind gust.7   7   13  13  13  14  14  14  13
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.4
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
Transp wind spd.2   2   8   8   8   8   8   8   7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 6 mph early in the
                    evening...becoming variable 1 to 3 mph.
Mixing height.......400-1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 2 to 7 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........82  82  97  97  97  92  92  92  87  87  87  77
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............71  69  66  59  58  57  56  56  55  55  54  54
RH..............62  67  73  83  84  87  88  90  92  93  93  93
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   N   N   N   SE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   3   3   3   2   2   2   0   0   0   1
20 FT wind gust.13  13  10  10  10  9   9   9   8   8   8   6
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   7   7   3   3   3   3   3   3   2

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy then
                    becoming sunny then becoming partly cloudy then
                    becoming mostly cloudy. Patchy fog early in the
                    morning.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2 to 4 mph...becoming west 5 to 8 mph
                    late in the morning.
Mixing height.......400-2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 2 to 8 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........77  77  44  44  44  19  19  19  34  34  34  66
Weather cov.....        PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....        FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............54  54  53  55  61  69  73  74  76  77  76  77
RH..............93  94  94  92  82  62  56  54  51  51  50  52
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  S   S   S   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   1   5   5   5   7   7   7   6
20 FT wind gust.6   6   7   7   7   14  14  14  15  15  15  8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.3
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   NW
Transp wind spd.2   2   2   2   2   8   8   8   8   8   8   6

$$
Forecaster...Swafford
Requested by...Margo Robbins
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2619688.0/EKA
.DELDT 08/14/26
.EMAIL margo@culturalfire.org,claire@culturalfire.org