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.
 
 
 CAZ203-204-211-212-251600-
 UPPER SMITH...INLAND PORTION OF THE SMITH RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN
 THE SIX RIVERS NF.-
 LOWER MIDDLE KLAMATH...INLAND PORTION OF THE KLAMATH RIVER
 DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST AND THE UKONOM
 DISTRICT OF THE KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST.-
 HUPA...THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION AND THE LOWER PORTION OF THE
 TRINITY RIVER DRAINAGE WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-
 VAN DUZEN / MAD RIVER...INLAND PORTION OF THE VAN DUZEN AND MAD
 RIVER DRAINAGES WITHIN THE SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST.-
 215 PM PST TUE NOV 24 2009
 
 .TONIGHT...
 SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. 
 MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-44. 
 MAX HUMIDITY........83-98 PERCENT VALLEYS...76-87 PERCENT HIGHER 
                     TERRAIN. 
 20-FOOT WINDS....... 
     VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1 TO 3 MPH. 
     RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 MPH IN THE 
                          EVENING...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 2 
                          TO 4 MPH. 
 
 .WEDNESDAY...
 SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
 MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-64 VALLEYS...52-62 HIGHER TERRAIN. 
 MIN HUMIDITY........47-57 PERCENT VALLEYS...36-46 PERCENT HIGHER 
                     TERRAIN. 
 20-FOOT WINDS....... 
     VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY 1 TO 3 MPH. 
     RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH. 
 
 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
 SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. 
 MIN TEMPERATURE.....33-44. 
 MAX HUMIDITY........84-99 PERCENT VALLEYS...79-94 PERCENT HIGHER 
                     TERRAIN. 
 20-FOOT WINDS....... 
     VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 1 TO 3 MPH. 
     RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....VARIABLE 1 TO 3 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 
                          MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
 
 .THANKSGIVING DAY...
 SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN.
 MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-64 VALLEYS...48-58 HIGHER TERRAIN. 
 MIN HUMIDITY........58-73 PERCENT VALLEYS...54-69 PERCENT HIGHER 
                     TERRAIN. 
 20-FOOT WINDS....... 
     VALLEYS/LWR SLOPES...SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 
                          15 MPH. 
     RIDGES/UPR SLOPES....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 
                          20 MPH. 
 
 
 

 
 ...NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA INTERIOR...
 .FRIDAY...RAIN LIKELY AND CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS 31 TO 41.
 HIGHS 47 TO 55 VALLEYS...40 TO 53 HIGHER TERRAIN. NORTHWEST WINDS
 5 MPH. 
 .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
 23 TO 33. HIGHS 51 TO 61 VALLEYS...45 TO 58 HIGHER TERRAIN. NORTH
 WINDS 5 MPH. 
 .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 29 TO
 37. HIGHS 54 TO 62 VALLEYS...47 TO 60 HIGHER TERRAIN. NORTHEAST
 WINDS 5 MPH.