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Spot Forecast for Plantation Thin 13...USFS
National Weather Service Eureka CA
941 PM PST Thu Jan 30 2025

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.DISCUSSION...Rain and gusty southerly winds continue Friday as a
frontal boundary approaches and sweeps across the region. Winds are
expected to weaken late Friday afternoon and evening as this boundary
moves east of the burn site then stalls, while steady rain shifts
becomes showery in the afternoon then continues overnight and into
Saturday morning. A break is expected Saturday afternoon and evening
as the boundary shifts further south and east.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Rain.
CWR.................100 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 45.
Min humidity........95 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 10 to 16 mph.
Mixing height.......1300-2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 15 mph, becoming southwest around
8 mph late in the afternoon.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 3 mph.

TIME (PST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 90  90
Temp............42  42  41  41  41  41  43  43  44  45  44  44
RH..............96  96  96  96  100 100 100 100 96  96  96  96
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..16  15  15  15  13  13  13  15  15  15  10  10
20 FT wind gust.26  24  24  24  20  20  20  23  23  23  16  16
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Eye lvl wnd spd.3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2
Eye lvl wnd gst.5   5   5   5   4   4   4   5   5   5   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.4 1.4
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW
Transp wind spd.15  15  15  15  13  13  13  13  13  13  8   8

.FRIDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Rain.
CWR.................100 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 40.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 10 mph until early
                    morning...becoming variable 2 to 5 mph.
Mixing height.......1100-1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 9 mph.
Eye level winds.....South winds up to 2 mph until early
                    morning...becoming variable 2 to 5 mph.

TIME (PST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........100 100 100 100 99  99  99  99  99  99  93  93
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN  RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............90  90  90  90  100 100 100 100 100 100 80  80
Temp............44  44  44  44  44  44  44  44  44  43  43  43
RH..............96  96  96  96  96  96  96  96  96  96  96  96
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   3   3
20 FT wind gust.16  7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   6   6
Eye lvl wnd dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.3
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   W
Transp wind spd.8   8   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9   6   6

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Rain early in the morning, then
                    chance of rain showers in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
CWR.................83 percent decreasing to 16 percent in the late
                    morning and early afternoon, then increasing to
                    26 percent late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 43.
Min humidity........91 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 2 to 4 mph...becoming northwest 5 to 7
                    mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1100-2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 8 mph.
Eye level winds.....Variable 2 to 4 mph...becoming northwest around
                    1 mph in the afternoon.

TIME (PST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........93  93  93  93  80  80  80  67  67  67  67  67
Weather cov.....DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RN  RN  RN  RN  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
CWR.............80  80  80  80  20  20  20  20  20  20  30  30
Temp............42  42  41  40  40  41  41  42  42  42  41  40
RH..............96  96  96  100 100 96  100 96  96  93  93  92
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   S   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   2   3   3   3   5   5   5   6   6
20 FT wind gust.6   3   3   3   6   6   6   7   7   7   8   8
Eye lvl wnd dir.SW  S   S   S   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Eye lvl wnd spd.1   0   0   0   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Eye lvl wnd gst.    1   1   1                           2   2
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.6   6   6   6   8   8   8   8   8   8   7   7

$$
Forecaster...Jewel
Requested by...Burn Boss
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2501925.0/EKA
.DELDT 01/31/25
.EMAIL jason.niehaus@usda.gov,geoffrey.phelan@usda.gov