Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
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Spot Forecast for MP 18 Fire...NCIMT
National Weather Service Eureka CA
313 PM PDT Thu Sep 3 2026
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.DISCUSSION...Scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm will
continue into tonight and into Friday afternoon. Total rainfall is
expected to be light but a small chance of wetting rains is possible
if a thunderstorm develops. Rain chances will decrease on Saturday,
but another passing system on Sunday could bring a few showers to the
area once again. Conditions will dry out early next week. The next
chance of rain will be from moisture streaming northeast from a
decaying tropical system mid to late week.
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain in the
morning. Chance of rain showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
CWR.................6 percent.
Max temperature.....56-64.
Min humidity........64-74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1 to 3 mph...becoming west around 5
mph early in the afternoon, then...becoming
variable 1 to 3 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 8 mph becoming west around
5 mph late in the afternoon.
TIME (PDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........51 51 51 63 63 63 63 63 63 58
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN RN RW RW RW RN
Tstm cov........ SCH SCH SCH
CWR.............0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 0
Temp............48 51 54 55 57 58 59 58 59 58
RH..............73 72 70 67 69 69 73 75 77 83
20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW W W W W
20 FT wind spd..3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 4
20 FT wind gust.7 7 7 9 9 9 13 13 13 12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
Transp wind dir.S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW W
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 5
.FRIDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy.
Slight chance of rain in the evening.
CWR.................1 percent.
Min temperature.....45-48.
Max humidity........72-83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1 to 3 mph...becoming east around 5
mph early in the morning.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West around 5 mph, becoming east around 3 mph
late in the evening.
TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........58 58 44 44 44 16 16 16 20 20 20 24
Weather cov.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....RN RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............57 55 51 50 50 49 50 49 48 48 48 47
RH..............85 86 83 79 73 71 71 70 73 75 77 78
20 FT wind dir..W W N N N E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..4 4 0 0 0 3 3 3 4 4 4 5
20 FT wind gust.12 12 2 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.W W W W W E E E E E E E
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny then becoming partly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....62-70.
Min humidity........51-59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph in the
morning...becoming variable 2 to 4 mph,
then...becoming west 5 to 8 mph early in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL increasing to 1700 ft AGL late
in the morning.
Transport winds.....East around 3 mph becoming southwest around 6
mph late in the morning.
TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........24 24 11 11 11 9 9 9 17 17 17 36
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............47 47 49 52 56 60 62 64 64 65 65 64
RH..............77 75 72 67 63 59 57 56 57 58 61 65
20 FT wind dir..E E E E E W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 7
20 FT wind gust.7 7 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6
Transp wind dir.E E E E E SW SW SW SW SW SW W
Transp wind spd.3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5...
.SUNDAY...
Partly cloudy with slight chance of rain. Slight chance of
thunderstorms. Lows near 50. Highs 59 to 71. Winds generally
less than 5 mph.
.LABOR DAY...
Mostly clear. Lows near 50. Highs 65 to 77. Winds generally less
than 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs 69 to 81. Winds
generally less than 5 mph.
$$
Forecaster...Aylward
Requested by...Collin Ewing
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2621104.0/EKA
.DELDT 09/03/26
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