940
FNUS76 KEKA 060459
FWSEKA
SPOT FORECAST FOR MALLO PASS...MENDOCINO REDWOODS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
959 PM PDT SAT JUL 5 2008
FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2057 PDT ON JULY 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN EUREKA AT (707) 443-6484.
DISCUSSION
AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH PASSING NORTH OF THE DISTRICT TONIGHT
WILL SUPPORT ANOTHER ONSHORE MARINE PUSH TONIGHT...WITH GOOD HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES ACROSS THE DISTRICT BY SUNDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
QUICKLY BUILD OVER THE REGION SUNDAY AND BRING CONSIDERABLE WARMING
AND DRYING SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WITH THIS HIGH PRESSURE WINDS OVER
THE FIRE SHOULD DECREASE BY MONDAY.
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY MORNING
FOG.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 14 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 AGL IN THE MORNING...RISING TO 2300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 7 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3
SUNDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING BECOMING CLOUDY LATE.
PATCHY LATE NIGHT FOG.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH DOWNSLOPE WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH BECOMING DOWNSLOPE
3 TO 5 MPH LATE.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 12 MPH BECOMING WEST 3 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3
MONDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY EARLY
MORNING FOG.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 4 TO 6 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 AGL IN THE MORNING...RISING TO 2000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 3 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3
FORECASTER...NORDQUIST
REQUESTED BY...ANDY BARREY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20080705.MALLO.01/EKA
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