Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
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FNUS76 KEKA 090449
FWSEKA
Spot Forecast for McGinnis Rx Burn...Petrolia Fire Department
National Weather Service Eureka CA
949 PM PDT Wed Oct 8 2025
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.DISCUSSION...West by northeasterly winds easing from 5-6mph to 1-2mph before
midnight. Overnight recovery RH values range 80%-90% into Thursday morning. Winds
veer southerly before sunrise at 1-2mph with cloud cover filling in by the late morning
ahead of an approaching low pressure system. High temperature of 63F with a low RH minimum
of 60-61% Thursday. Rain chances are slight Thursday evening but increase overnight into Friday morning.
Rain rates increase Friday afternoon with southerly winds building up to 10mph. Rain eases
by midnight with light rain continuing into Saturday. Rainfall totals Friday through Saturday
estimated to be 0.9-1.1 inches.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................4 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........84 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph late in the
evening...becoming variable 1 to 3 mph.
Mixing height.......700-800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 9 mpheast around 5 mph late in the
night.
TIME (PDT) 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........21 18 18 18 32 32 32 66
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............53 51 50 49 48 48 46 46
RH..............80 80 80 83 82 86 83 87
20 FT wind dir..N NE NE NE NE NE NE E
20 FT wind spd..5 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.7 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N E
Transp wind spd.9 8 8 8 8 8 8 5
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain late in
the afternoon.
CWR.................6 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 62.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1 to 3 mph...becoming southwest around
5 mph early in the afternoon, then...becoming
variable 1 to 3 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......700-1200 ft AGL increasing to 1700-3600 ft AGL
late in the morning.
Transport winds.....East around 5 mphsouth 6 to 7 mph late in the
morning.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........66 66 87 87 87 95 95 95 96 96 96 96
Weather cov..... SCH
Weather type.... RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Temp............46 46 46 47 51 56 57 59 59 60 61 60
RH..............85 86 87 84 74 68 65 60 62 60 61 64
20 FT wind dir..E E SE SE SE W W W SW SW SW S
20 FT wind spd..2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 5 5 5 3
20 FT wind gust.3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 8 8 6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 1.2 1.2 1.2 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.1 1.7
Transp wind dir.E E E E E S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 6
.THURSDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain in the
evening, then chance of rain late in the
evening. Rain early in the morning.
CWR.................6 percent increasing to 73 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 49.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 3 to 6 mph...becoming southeast 6 to 9
mph early in the evening.
Mixing height.......700-1700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 12 mphsoutheast around 16 mph early
in the morning.
TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........96 96 95 95 95 58 58 58 71 71 71 92
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC DEF
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 30 30 30 30 30 30 70
Temp............58 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 51 51 51
RH..............69 68 70 71 76 77 78 82 83 84 85 85
20 FT wind dir..S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 8
20 FT wind gust.6 6 8 8 8 13 13 13 12 12 12 13
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 1.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Transp wind dir.S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.6 6 6 6 6 12 12 12 12 12 12 16
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Rain in the morning, then rain showers and
isolated thunderstorms late in the morning.
CWR.................73 percent increasing to 90 percent late in the
morning, then decreasing to 51 percent late in
the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 61.
Min humidity........76 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 7 to 10 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
morning.
Mixing height.......700-2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 16 mph.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........92 92 92 92 92 97 97 97 97 97 97 82
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
CWR.............70 70 70 70 70 90 90 90 90 90 90 50
Temp............50 50 51 52 54 56 57 58 59 59 60 59
RH..............86 89 92 91 89 86 84 82 80 78 76 75
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..8 8 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 7
20 FT wind gust.13 13 10 10 10 15 15 15 14 14 14 10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5
Transp wind dir.SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.16 16 16 16 16 14 14 14 14 14 14 8
$$
Forecaster...Swafford
Requested by...Joseph Sandoval
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523069.7/EKA
.DELDT 10/08/25
.EMAIL Joseph@mattole.org