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Spot Forecast for French...Cal Fire
National Weather Service Eureka CA
257 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

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.DISCUSSION...Dry and warmer conditions with low daytime humidity
with north to north-northeast winds generating some gusts today. Winds
will weaken later this evening and become light and variable
overnight. Conditions will greatly ease by Sunday with higher RH
with much lighter westerly and southerly winds. A shortwave trough
will pass through the northern portion of the forecast area early
Monday with a shifting winds becoming west to northwest. There is
a up to 21% chance for wetting rain (>0.10 inch) over the prescribed
fire area on Monday, but 35% just NW of the burn site.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy then becoming mostly cloudy.
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....73 to 76.
Min humidity........34 to 38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1 to 3 mph.
Mixing height.......500-800, lifting to 1500-2000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 8 mph southwest around 5 mph late in
                    the afternoon.

TIME (PDT)      8 AM      11 AM     2 PM      5 PM
Sky (%).........28        43        61        67
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............49        66        73        72
RH..............86        50        35        39
20 FT wind......N 0G3     S 1G6     SW 2G8    W 3G8
Mix hgt (ft)....800       2000      1800      900
Transport wind..SE 6      S 8       S 8       SW 5

.SUNDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain early in the
                    morning.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 18 percent early in the
                    morning.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........85 to 92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1 to 3 mph.
Mixing height.......900 ft, lowering to 300-600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 5 mph southeast around 3 mph
                    late in the evening, then northeast around 6 mph
                    early in the morning.

TIME (PDT)      6 PM      9 PM      MIDNGT    3 AM
Sky (%).........67        78        63        62
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0         0         0         0
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............70        58        53        51
RH..............44        64        77        83
20 FT wind......W 3G8     N 0G2     N 0G1     N 0G1
Mix hgt (ft)....900       600       600       600
Transport wind..SW 5      SW 5      SE 3      SE 3

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy then becoming partly cloudy then
                    becoming sunny then becoming partly cloudy.
                    Chance of rain in the morning.
CWR.................18 to 21 percent decreasing to 0 percent late in the
                    morning.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 73.
Min humidity........45 to 49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Variable 1 to 3 mph...becoming northwest around
                    7 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......300-600 ft AGL, increasing to 2000-3800 ft AGL
                    early in the afternoon.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 10 mph.

TIME (PDT)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
Sky (%).........70        64        33        21
Weather cov.....CHANCE    CHANCE
Weather type....RAIN      RAIN      NONE      NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............20        20        0         0
LAL.............1         1         1         1
Temp............49        52        64        73
RH..............89        89        70        46
20 FT wind......N 0G2     N 0G2     N 1G5     NW 3G8
Mix hgt (ft)....600       600       1700      3300
Transport wind..NE 6      NE 6      N 6       N 6

$$
Forecaster...Wood
Requested by...Ron McLaughlin
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2424383.0/EKA
.DELDT 10/19/24
.EMAIL dharris@ncuaqmd.org,ross.dollarhide@fire.ca.gov,garrett.gregory@fire.ca.gov,ronald.mclaughlin@fire.ca.gov,derrick.rickson@fire.ca.gov