####018001868#### FNUS86 KEKA 071048 FWLEKA ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 348 AM PDT TUE MAY 7 2024 ECC001-080500- FORTUNA DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR FORTUNA DISPATCH 348 AM PDT TUE MAY 7 2024 A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS BEGINNING AN EXTENSIVE AMPLIFYING TREND WHICH WILL CREATE DRY WEATHER AND WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY, BECOMING WINDY IN THE AFTERNOON. INTERIOR RIDGETOP N TO NE WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE HIGHEST RIDGES OF FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONE 283, EASTERN ZONE 277, AND 264 WHERE STRONG GUSTS OVER 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL DROP TO THE LOW 20S TO UPPER TEENS IN THESE ZONES THROUGH THAT PERIOD. THE WARMEST INTERIOR VALLEYS WILL REACH THE UPPER 80S WITH SOME LOW 90S LATE IN THE WEEK AND AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. $$ ECC006-080500- HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH 348 AM PDT TUE MAY 7 2024 A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS BEGINNING AN EXTENSIVE AMPLIFYING TREND WHICH WILL CREATE DRY WEATHER AND WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY, BECOMING WINDY IN THE AFTERNOON. INTERIOR RIDGETOP N TO NE WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE HIGHEST RIDGES OF FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ZONE 283, EASTERN ZONE 277, AND 264 WHERE STRONG GUSTS OVER 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL DROP TO THE LOW 20S TO UPPER TEENS IN THESE ZONES THROUGH THAT PERIOD. THE WARMEST INTERIOR VALLEYS WILL REACH THE UPPER 80S WITH SOME LOW 90S LATE IN THE WEEK AND AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. $$