FNUS86 KEKA 190843 FWLEKA ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 143 AM PDT THU MAR 19 2026 ECC001-200245- FORTUNA DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR FORTUNA DISPATCH 143 AM PDT THU MAR 19 2026 .A DOMINANT BLOCKING RIDGING PATTERN PROMOTING UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT TO MODERATE AND TERRAIN- DRIVEN TODAY, WHILE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNSEASONABLY LOW WITH MINS FROM 15 TO 35 PERCENT FOR THE INTERIOR. OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOWER THAN NORMAL WITH A MIDSLOPE THERMAL BELT REMAINS THROUGH THE FRIDAY. WIND INCREASES THIS WEEKEND. EXPECT BREEZY TO LOCALLY GUSTY W TO NW WINDS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL HEADLANDS, EXPOSED RIDGES AND THROUGH THE CHANNELED TERRAIN. THIS UPTICK IN W-NW BREEZES WILL BRING A PUSH OF MARINE MOISTURE ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL MODERATE THE RH'S, ALTHOUGH AREAS FAR EAST WILL REMAIN WITH POCKETS OF LOW TO MODERATE RH VALUES. COOLING EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND WITH A RETURN OF RAIN BY MID OF NEXT WEEK. $$ ECC006-200245- HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH 143 AM PDT THU MAR 19 2026 .A DOMINANT BLOCKING RIDGING PATTERN PROMOTING UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT TO MODERATE AND TERRAIN- DRIVEN TODAY, WHILE HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNSEASONABLY LOW WITH MINS FROM 15 TO 35 PERCENT FOR THE INTERIOR. OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOWER THAN NORMAL WITH A MIDSLOPE THERMAL BELT REMAINS THROUGH THE FRIDAY. WIND INCREASES THIS WEEKEND. EXPECT BREEZY TO LOCALLY GUSTY W TO NW WINDS, ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL HEADLANDS, EXPOSED RIDGES AND THROUGH THE CHANNELED TERRAIN. THIS UPTICK IN W-NW BREEZES WILL BRING A PUSH OF MARINE MOISTURE ON SATURDAY. THIS WILL MODERATE THE RH'S, ALTHOUGH AREAS FAR EAST WILL REMAIN WITH POCKETS OF LOW TO MODERATE RH VALUES. COOLING EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND WITH A RETURN OF RAIN BY MID OF NEXT WEEK. $$