Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
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FNUS76 KEKA 080631
FWSEKA
Spot Forecast for Milepost 18...USWFS
National Weather Service Eureka CA
1131 PM PDT Fri Aug 7 2026
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.DISCUSSION...Tonight the RH is expected to remain low at the
higher elevations while seeing good recoveries in the valley.
Winds will be light north to northeast. Saturday Hot and dry
weather is expected again with highs in the 90s at the higher
elevations and over 100 in the valley. RH will likely be in the
teens again. Winds will be slightly stronger in the afternoon with
northwest wind gusts of 15 to 20 mph. Saturday night is expected
to be similar, although RH may be slightly higher. Sunday a few
degrees of cooling and slightly higher RH is expected. Winds are
expected to be breezy again from the northwest and possibly
slightly stronger than Saturday afternoon.
Note: this forecast is for the specified elevation of 2800 feet.
Tonight RH is lower at the Big Hill Raws at 3500 feet and expected
to get much higher in the valley at the Hoopa Raws.
.REST OF TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....65 to 70.
Max humidity........30-40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast/Variable 2 to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......200-400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 3 to 5 mph.
TIME (PDT) 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............70 68 68 67 66 66 65
RH..............38 39 38 39 40 41 42
20 FT wind dir..N N NE NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..4 4 4 3 3 3 2
20 FT wind gust.8 5 5 3
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE N
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 5 5 3
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....90-95.
Min humidity........15-20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast/Variable 2 to 4 mph...becoming
northwest 8 to 12 with gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing to 1000-1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 3 mph becoming northwest 11 to 15 mph
late in the morning.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............61 63 65 69 76 81 85 88 93 95 94 94
RH..............41 41 38 37 35 31 27 24 20 18 18 24
20 FT wind dir..N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W
20 FT wind spd..2 2 1 1 1 5 5 5 8 10 11 11
20 FT wind gust.3 3 6 6 6 10 15 18 20
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.3
Transp wind dir.N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.3 3 3 3 3 8 8 11 14 14 11 11
.SATURDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....61-64.
Max humidity........35-45 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph...shifting to the
northeast late in the evening.
Mixing height.......Dropping to 200-400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 7 mph becoming northeast mph late
in the evening.
TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........2 2 16 16 16 3 3 3 1 1 1 2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............87 83 79 73 72 71 70 69 67 65 64 63
RH..............34 36 36 37 38 39 41 42 43 43 44 44
20 FT wind dir..W W NW NW NW N N N NE NE NE NE
20 FT wind spd..8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
20 FT wind gust.9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Transp wind spd.7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6
.SUNDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........20-25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 7 mph early in the
morning...becoming northwest 8 to 12 mph late in
the morning. Gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......Increasing 1000-1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 6 mph becoming northwest 7 to 10 mph late
in the morning.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............62 62 64 68 73 78 82 85 87 87 87 87
RH..............58 58 54 50 43 37 35 33 33 33 33 35
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW W
20 FT wind spd..6 6 3 3 3 5 6 8 9 11 12 12
20 FT wind gust. 5 5 5 6 6 8 12 15 20 20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4
Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.6 6 6 6 6 8 8 9 10 11 10 7
$$
Forecaster...Kidwell
Requested by...Jenn Anderson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619210.0/EKA
.DELDT 08/07/26
.EMAIL jennifer_r_anderson@nps.gov