411  
FXUS66 KEKA 172148  
AFDEKA  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA  
248 PM PDT WED SEP 17 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS  
INLAND TEMPERTURES WILL COOLDOWN THURSDAY WITH THE  
ARRIVAL OF CLOUDCOVER AND PRECIPITATION. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS  
EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF  
DRYING, RAIN CHANCES INCREASE AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
 
KEY POINTS:  
 
-TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL SURGE IN FROM THE SOUTH STARTING LATE TONIGHT  
 
-ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM THURSDAY WOULD BE ON THE DRIER SIDE,  
CAPABLE OF STRONG DOWNDRAFT WINDS, AND WOULD CREATE A FIRE  
WEATHER THREAT.  
 
-AS MOISTURE BECOMES BETTER ESTABLISHED FRIDAY, THE FIRE WEATHER  
THREAT WILL EASE WHILE AN ISOLATED HYDROLOGICAL THREAT MAY  
DEVELOP WITH THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.  
 
   
DISCUSSION  
CLINGY STRATUS DAMPENED SUNSHINE WARMTH ALONG THE  
IMMEDIATE NORTH COAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, WHILE THE INTERIOR  
EXPERIENCED ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN. THE PATTERN WILL  
QUICKLY CHANGE OVERNIGHT AS A REMNANT TROPICAL SYSTEM STREAMS  
MOISTURE AND CLOUDCOVER FROM THE SOUTH. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS INCREASE  
FROM THE SOUTH TO NORTH EARLY THURSDAY. THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY  
FOR THE INITIAL MOISTURE SURGE IS STILL IN QUESTION. THERE IS ALSO A  
GOOD AMOUNT OF CONVECTIVE INHIBITION (CIN) SHOWING UP IN THE  
SOUNDINGS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY STILL DEVELOP (10%) OVER  
THE SOUTHERN REGIONS THROUGH LAKE AND MENDOCINO COUNTIES STARTING  
THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE AN INITIAL FIRE WEATHER THREAT THURSDAY  
WITH MUCH EVAPORATION OF PRECIPITATION LIKELY THROUGH THE DRIER  
LOWER LEVELS. THIS WILL CREATE GUSTY AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS  
AROUND THE CONVECTIVE SHOWERS, AND PARTICULARLY WITH THUNDERSTORMS  
WHERE WINDS WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GUST OVER 40 MPH.  
 
THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD LATE  
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A SURFACE LOW WILL FORM OFF THE COAST THROUGH  
THIS PERIOD, INCREASING FORCING AND DRAWING THE PRECIPITATION  
ACTIVITY WESTWARD THROUGH THE COASTAL REGIONS. MODELS CONTINUE TO  
BECOME MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS WESTWARD PUSH, AND PRECIPITATION  
CHANCES HAVE BEEN INCREASED OVER THE COAST. A STRAY THUNDERSTORM  
CANNOT BE RULED OUT ALONG THE COAST AS WELL. INSTABILITY IS  
GREATLY IN QUESTION FRIDAY AS THE SIGNIFICANT CLOUD SHIELD AND  
ONGOING SHOWERS/LIGHT RAIN WILL INHIBIT DAYTIME HEATING. IF  
TRINITY COUNTY AND PARTS OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES GET A GOOD  
WINDOW OF SUNSHINE, THERE WILL BE A GREATER CHANCE FOR  
THUNDERSTORMS, BUT THAT ASPECT OF THE FORECAST HAS THE GREATEST  
UNCERTAINTY IN GENERAL.  
 
THIS TROPICALLY SOURCED MOISTURE WILL YIELD ANOMALOUS PRECIPITAL  
WATER VALUES OF 1 INCH UP TO 1.4 INCHES. STORM MOTION WILL BE  
MODERATE TO SLOW AT TIMES. AFTER THE COLUMN SATURATES LATE THURSDAY  
AND FRIDAY, THE CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE  
OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE HYDROLOGICAL CONCERNS SUCH  
AS MUDSLIDES. MODELS BEGIN PULLING THE MOISTURE OUT SATURDAY, EASING  
THE HYDROLOGICAL THREAT. SATURDAY DOES APPEAR TO HAVE A GOOD CHANCE  
FOR DIURNAL CLEARING AND SURFACE HEATING, AND THIS MAY BRING THE  
GREATEST COVERAGE AND PROBABILITY (20+%) FOR INTERIOR  
THUNDERSTORMS FOR MAINLY TRINITY COUNTY.  
 
JJW  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
COASTAL STRATUS WILL HAS BEEN PERSISTENT  
ALONG THE NORTH COAST THIS AFTERNOON. LIFR AND IFR CEILINGS MAY  
BREAK OUT LATE TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING, HOWEVER A NORTH WIND  
SURGE WILL LIKELY REPLENISH THE SUPPLY OF COOL DAMP MARINE AIR  
TRAPPED UNDERNEATH A STOUT INVERSION AND THE COASTAL TERRAIN. LIFR  
CONDITIONS ARE HIGH;Y PROBABLE BY MID TO LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT  
FOR ALL COASTAL TERMINALS. INLAND AREAS CAN EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS  
THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD EXCEPT FOR LOW CLOUD INTRUSION INTO THE NORTH  
COAST RIVER VALLEYS. MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS  
OF A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO INVADE SKIES FROM THE SOUTH  
ON THURSDAY. CONVECTION AND HIGH BASED T-STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE  
WITH THE DAYTIME HEATING OVER THE INTERIOR TERRAIN ON THURSDAY.  
 
 
   
MARINE  
HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE INTERACTING WITH THE LOW PRESSURE  
INLAND WILL DRASTICALLY ENHANCE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT CREATING  
STRONG, GALE FORCE SUSTAINED WINDS WITH GUSTS OVER 45KTS POSSIBLE  
OVER THE OUTER WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. WIND WAVES OF  
15FT OR MORE ARE PROBABLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS AND SOUTHERN  
OUTER WATERS.  
 
MARINE HAZARD PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL MARINE FORECAST  
ZONES. GALE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE OUTER WATERS. INNER  
WATER ZONES OUT 10NM CAN EXPECT NEAR GALE GUSTS WITH LARGE WIND  
WAVES PROPAGATING INTO THE WATERS. OUTER WATER ZONES 10-60NM CAN BE  
SUBJECT TO GALE FORCE WINDS SOUTH OF CAPE BLANCO AND CAPE MENDOCINO  
AND LARGE, VERY STEEP, WIND WAVES WITH BLOWING SPRAY.  
 
WINDS BEGIN TO EASE SLIGHTLY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY  
MORNING WITH WIND WAVES BEGINNING TO EASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH  
SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WEEKEND, A NW SWELL OF 5FT AROUND 12 SECONDS  
IS EXPECTED WITH WINDS BETWEEN 10-20KTS ACROSS ALL THE WATERS.  
GLOBAL DETERMINISTIC MODELS ARE NOT ALIGNED AS TO WHAT THE SYNOPTIC  
SET UP WILL BE, YET CLUSTER ANALYSIS INDICATES RELATIVELY ZONAL FLOW  
ALOFT WITH A CUTOFF LOW OFF THE COAST OF CENTRAL CA. THIS WILL KEEP  
WINDS BREEZY, WIND WAVES MILD, AND THE NW SWELL DECAYING.  
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
INLAND CONDITIONS REMAIN WARM AND DRY WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME BREEZY TONIGHT OVER THE  
INTERIOR RIDGES OF DEL NORTE ZONE 203. THESE WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO  
FRIDAY MORNING. A REMNANT TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL BEGIN PUSHING  
MOISTURE IN FROM THE SOUTH LATE WEDNESDAY. SHOWERS WILL MOVE IN  
THURSDAY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS (10-15%) FOR MAINLY  
MENDOCINO, LAKE AND SOUTHERN TRINITY COUNTIES THROUGH THURSDAY  
AFTERNOON. THESE INITIAL STORMS WOULD BE MORE DRY IN NATURE, BUT  
CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON AVAILABLE INSTABILITY AT THAT TIME. CONVECTIVE  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY AND ERRATIC  
WINDS, PARTICULARLY IN ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. MOISTURE AND  
INSTABILITY INCREASE LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WHEN BETTER CONFIDENCE  
FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS (15-20%) AND A POTENTIAL (45%) WETTING  
RAINFALL FROM SHOWERS AND MORE RAIN PRODUCTIVE THUNDERSTORMS.  
THUNDERSTORM FORMATION FRIDAY WILL BE SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH  
CLEARING CAN OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SATURDAY WILL HAVE A  
GOOD CHANCE FOR DIURNAL CLEARING AND SURFACE HEATING, AND THIS MAY  
BRING THE GREATEST COVERAGE AND PROBABILITY (20%) FOR INTERIOR  
THUNDERSTORMS FOR MAINLY TRINITY COUNTY.  
 
 
   
EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
CA...  
NONE.  
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS...  
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM PDT  
THURSDAY FOR PZZ450.  
 
HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY  
EVENING FOR PZZ450.  
 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT  
THURSDAY FOR PZZ455.  
 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR PZZ470.  
 
GALE WARNING FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM PDT FRIDAY FOR  
PZZ470.  
 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR  
PZZ475.  
 
GALE WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM PDT THURSDAY  
FOR PZZ475.  
 
 
 
 
 
NOTE: THE FULL FORECAST DISCUSSION IS NOW REGULARLY ISSUED BETWEEN  
10 AM/PM AND 1 PM/AM. ADDITIONAL UPDATES WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.  
 
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