Land Management Forecasts
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
480 FNUS86 KEKA 182128 FWLEKA ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 228 PM PDT FRI SEP 18 2026 ECC001-191530- FORTUNA DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR FORTUNA DISPATCH 228 PM PDT FRI SEP 18 2026 MODERATE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL GIVE WAY TO RAPID WARMING AND DRYING THIS WEEKEND. BY SUNDAY, INTERIOR HIGHS WILL RETURN TO THE 90S WITH MINIMUM RH INTO THE TEENS. STRONG THERMAL BELTS WILL ALSO WORSEN RH RECOVERY AT MID AND UPPER SLOPES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND MARINE INFLUENCE WILL PULL MUCH CLOSER TO SHORE. FOR THE MOST PART, WINDS WILL REMAIN WEAK AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. SUCH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK, ALLOWING FUEL DRYING TO ACCUMULATE. $$ ECC006-191530- HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH 228 PM PDT FRI SEP 18 2026 MODERATE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL GIVE WAY TO RAPID WARMING AND DRYING THIS WEEKEND. BY SUNDAY, INTERIOR HIGHS WILL RETURN TO THE 90S WITH MINIMUM RH INTO THE TEENS. STRONG THERMAL BELTS WILL ALSO WORSEN RH RECOVERY AT MID AND UPPER SLOPES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND MARINE INFLUENCE WILL PULL MUCH CLOSER TO SHORE. FOR THE MOST PART, WINDS WILL REMAIN WEAK AND TERRAIN DRIVEN. SUCH CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK, ALLOWING FUEL DRYING TO ACCUMULATE. $$