668
FXUS66 KEKA 100846
AFDEKA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
146 AM PDT TUE MAR 10 2026
SYNOPSIS
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE WHILE GENERALLY
DIMINISHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. CHILLY TEMPERATURES COULD OCCUR
AFTER THE WINDS BACK OFF THIS MORNING AND WILL MORE THAN LIKELY
BE CHILLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A RIDGING PATTERN WILL DOMINATE
THROUGH THE WEEK WITH SOME CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN THIS WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY TODAY. A CUTOFF
LOW TO THE SOUTH HAS TIGHTENED THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AGAINST THE
RESTRENGTHENING RIDGE TODAY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE WELL-
MIXING THROUGH THE BOUNDARY LAYER THROUGH THIS PERIOD, ALLOWING
FOR EFFICIENT DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSFER AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS
ALONG THE COAST. WINDS WILL GENERALLY EASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY
TODAY, BUT WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY.
CHILLY, AND POTENTIALLY FROSTY, MORNING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING. CHANCES ARE STILL VARIED FOR LOW TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
36 DEGREES THIS MORNING DUE TO GENERALLY OVERCAST SKIES AND
LINGERING ELEVATED WINDS. HOWEVER, THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN
FOR MENDOCINO, LAKE, COASTAL DEL NORTE, AND THE NORTHERN HUMBOLDT
COAST. AS A RESULT, A FROST ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS
MORNING UNTIL 9AM FOR A SMALL AREA AROUND HIOUCHI IN DEL NORTE
COUNTY; A SMALL AREA OF THE NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST AROUND
MCKINLEYVILLE, FIELDBROOK AND BLUE LAKE; AREAS OF NE MENDOCINO
FROM PIERCY, LAYTONVILLE, COVELO, WILLITS, AND POTTER VALLEY; AND
A SMALL PORTION OF LAKE COUNTY MOSTLY AROUND UPPER LAKE AND
GRAVELLY VALLEY AIRPORT.
AS OF NOW, WEDNESDAY SEEMS LIKE THE BEST BET FOR WIDESPREAD FROSTY
CONDITIONS DUE TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF CALMER WINDS AND CLEARER
SKIES. DUE TO THIS, A FROST ADVISORY COULD ALSO BE APPLICABLE FOR
WEDNESDAY MORNING. NBM INDICATES A GENERALLY HIGH PROBABILITY (85
TO 95 PERCENT) FOR LOWS AT OR BELOW 40 DEGREES FOR MOST OF
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA WITH IMMEDIATE COASTAL REGIONS AND SOUTHERN
MENDOCINO AND LAKE COUNTIES HAVING GENERAL LOWS IN THE MID TO LOW
40S. ALSO ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, HIGH PROBABILITIES OF ABOUT 70 TO
90 PERCENT EXIST FOR TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 36 DEGREES FOR
PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN HUMBOLDT COAST FROM ABOUT HUMBOLDT HILL
TO JUST NORTH OF ORICK (INCLUDING EUREKA, ARCATA, AND
MCKINLEYVILLE). THERE IS ALSO ABOUT AN 80 TO 90 PERCENT CHANCE FOR
MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES 36 DEGREES OR LESS FOR REGIONS OF
INTERIOR DEL NORTE, INTERIOR HUMBOLDT, TRINITY, AND NE MENDOCINO
COUNTIES.
A STRONG PACIFIC RIDGE WILL GENERALLY REMAIN IN CONTROL AS
ADDITIONAL WEAK FRONTS ATTEMPT TO BRIEFLY FLATTEN IT, INTRODUCING
MORE VERY SLIM CHANCES FOR LIGHT SHOWERS, MAINLY IN DEL NORTE
COUNTY. CHANCES FOR A WETTING RAINFALL (0.1 INCH OR HIGHER) ONLY
REACH 15% TO 25% THIS WEEKEND. THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF
REBOUNDING HIGH TEMPERATURES BETWEEN THE FRONTS. /JLW & JJW & EYS
AVIATION...6Z TAFS
NORTHERLY WINDS EASED OVERNIGHT. WINDS TURN
MUCH LIGHTER AND NORTHEAST THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. MVFR CIGS FROM
1500 TO 2500 FT AGL MAY LINGER AROUND HUMBOLDT INTO TUESDAY MORNING,
BUT PROBABILITIES FOR VFR CONDITIONS INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER 10Z
TUESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS ARE THEN FORECAST TO REMAIN THROUGH THIS TAF
PERIOD (6Z WEDNESDAY) APART FROM SOME PATCHY INTERIOR VALLEY FOG.
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN, WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 20 KTS
AT THE TERMINALS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
MARINE
THE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TREND LOWER TUESDAY
WHILE STEEP AND SOME HAZARDOUS SEAS REMAIN. GALE CONDITIONS WILL
REMAIN LONGER IN THE SOUTHERN WATERS THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS OF 13 TO 15 FT CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
SOUTHERN WATERS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. A NORTHWEST SWELL REACHING 9
FT AT 13 SECONDS WILL ADD TO THE COMBINED SEA HEIGHT. THE NORTHERLY
WINDS WILL MORE SIGNIFICANTLY DROP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, BUT THE
SOUTHERN WATERS AROUND AND DOWNWIND OF CAPE MENDOCINO WILL REMAIN A
FOCUS OF INCREASED NORTHERLY WINDS. LOCALIZED GALE STRENGTH WIND
GUSTS MAY BE FOUND LEE OF THE CAPE LATE IN THE WEEK OR INTO THE
WEEKEND.
EKA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CA...
FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR CAZ101-103-
109>115.
NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS...
GALE WARNING UNTIL 4 AM PDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR PZZ450-
470.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING FOR PZZ455.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY 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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