FNUS56  KEKA 242215
 FWFEKA
 
 FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA
 215 PM PST TUE NOV 24 2009
 
 
 .DISCUSSION...
 AN UPPER RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN THROUGH
 WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN SEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND DRY
 CONDITIONS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
 WILL COME ASHORE FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
 MORNING. THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN...HOWEVER
 THERE MAY BE SOME MIXING WITH SNOW FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4000
 FT...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT.
 
 
 CAZ202-251600-
 COASTAL MENDOCINO...FROM ROCKPORT TO SONOMA COUNTY AND INLAND TO
 THE CREST OF THE COAST RANGE. INCLUDES JACKSON STATE FOREST.-
 215 PM PST TUE NOV 24 2009
 
 .TONIGHT...
 SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. 
 MIN TEMPERATURE.....37-46. 
 MAX HUMIDITY........90-100 PERCENT. 
 20-FOOT WINDS....... 
     VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. 
     RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. 
 
 .WEDNESDAY...
 SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. 
 MAX TEMPERATURE.....57-65 AT THE COAST...62-70 INLAND. 
 MIN HUMIDITY........58-65 PERCENT AT THE COAST...43 PERCENT INLAND. 
 20-FOOT WINDS....... 
     VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. 
     RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE 
                          NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. 
 
 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
 SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. 
 MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-47. 
 MAX HUMIDITY........79-94 PERCENT. 
 20-FOOT WINDS....... 
     VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...NORTH WINDS 5 MPH IN THE 
                          EVENING...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 
                          TO 4 MPH. 
     RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE 
                          EVENING...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 
                          TO 4 MPH. 
 
 .THANKSGIVING DAY...
 SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. 
                     SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. 
 MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-63. 
 MIN HUMIDITY........58-73 PERCENT. 
 20-FOOT WINDS....... 
     VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...LIGHT WINDS 1 TO 3 MPH. 
     RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....EAST WINDS 5 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 
                          IN THE AFTERNOON. 
 
 
 

  ...NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA COAST...
 .FRIDAY...RAIN. LOWS 42 TO 50. HIGHS 51 TO 59. NORTHWEST WINDS
 10 MPH. 
 .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG. LOWS 32 TO 40. HIGHS
 52 TO 60. NORTH WINDS 10 MPH. 
 .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 35 TO 43. HIGHS 55 TO 63. NORTH
 WINDS 5 MPH.