Land Management Forecasts
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
959 FNUS86 KEKA 112148 FWLEKA ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 248 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2026 ECC001-121600- FORTUNA DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR FORTUNA DISPATCH 248 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2026 THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE HAS STARTED TO WEAKEN AND A TROUGH IS APPROACHING THE WEST COAST BRINGING COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES, HIGHER AFTERNOON RH AND BETTER RH RECOVERIES. LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE AFTERNOON BREEZES. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST CHANNELED THROUGH THE TERRAIN AND AS WELL AS RIDGES AROUND THE KING RANGE AND INTERIOR DEL NORTE. AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH STARTS TO MOVE ONSHORE THIS WILL ALLOW THE MARINE LAYER TO DEEPEN AND PUSH FARTHER INLAND. THIS ALSO BRINGS A VERY LOW CHANCE FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE WEEK IN THE TRINITIES AND YOLLA BOLLA MOUNTAINS. CHANCES FOR THUNDERTORMS ARE 5-8% THURSDAY OVER TRINITY COUNTY, WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER POTENTIAL, 10 TO 15% FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FOR SISKIYOU COUNTY AND PERHAPS FAR NORTHEAST DEL NORTE. $$ ECC006-121600- HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH 248 PM PDT TUE AUG 11 2026 THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE HAS STARTED TO WEAKEN AND A TROUGH IS APPROACHING THE WEST COAST BRINGING COOLER DAYTIME TEMPERATURES, HIGHER AFTERNOON RH AND BETTER RH RECOVERIES. LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE AFTERNOON BREEZES. WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST CHANNELED THROUGH THE TERRAIN AND AS WELL AS RIDGES AROUND THE KING RANGE AND INTERIOR DEL NORTE. AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH STARTS TO MOVE ONSHORE THIS WILL ALLOW THE MARINE LAYER TO DEEPEN AND PUSH FARTHER INLAND. THIS ALSO BRINGS A VERY LOW CHANCE FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE WEEK IN THE TRINITIES AND YOLLA BOLLA MOUNTAINS. CHANCES FOR THUNDERTORMS ARE 5-8% THURSDAY OVER TRINITY COUNTY, WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER POTENTIAL, 10 TO 15% FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FOR SISKIYOU COUNTY AND PERHAPS FAR NORTHEAST DEL NORTE. $$