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Spot Forecast for CFMC McKinnon Hill 102...Cultural Fire Management Council
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1203 PM PDT Tue Aug 18 2026

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.DISCUSSION...Moderate and mostly calm conditions will continue
today. Temperatures will peak near 90 with slight cooling to the
mid 80s Wednesday. Similarly, RH will be around 40 percent with
good recovery overnight. Onshore winds will be gentle in the
afternoon. Increasing marine conditions will continue to moderate
conditions later in the week.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 3 to 6 mph.
Mixing height.......800-1200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 8 mph.

TIME (PDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   4   4   4   11
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0
Temp............83  85  85  85  86
RH..............40  38  37  37  38
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..8   10  10  10  7
20 FT wind gust.12  15  15  15  9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.1
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.10  10  10  10  7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Down valley 1 to 3 mph.
Mixing height.......100-300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 4 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........11  11  26  26  26  28  28  28  38  38  38  55
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............82  79  74  64  63  62  61  60  59  59  58  58
RH..............41  46  55  69  72  74  76  78  79  78  79  77
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N
20 FT wind spd..7   7   3   3   3   2   2   2   1   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.9   9               6   6   6   5   5   5   3
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 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.7   7   7   7   7   3   3   3   3   3   3   2

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest 3 to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......1000-1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 4 to 7 mph late in the morning.

TIME (PDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........55  55  19  19  19  3   3   3   4   4   4   9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  57  58  60  67  76  80  84  86  86  86  83
RH..............77  77  75  72  60  46  42  39  38  38  38  40
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   1   3   3   3   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.3   3   5   5   5   12  12  12  15  15  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.0
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.2   2   2   2   2   7   7   7   7   7   7   6

$$
Forecaster...James White
Requested by...Margo Robbins
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2619960.0/EKA
.DELDT 08/18/26
.EMAIL margo@culturalfire.org,claire@culturalfire.org