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ECCDA DISCUSSIONS

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA

1240 AM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026



ECC001-210145-

FORTUNA DISPATCH-

DISCUSSION FOR FORTUNA DISPATCH

1240 AM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026





.A DOMINANT BLOCKING RIDGING PATTERN PROMOTING

UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST THROUGH TODAY,

FOLLOWED BY A SLOWLY GRADUAL WEAKENING THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY

NEXT WEEK MODERATING THE HEAT. EXCEPT FOR SOME ENHANCED NORTH

WINDS RIGHT ALONG SHORE AND CHANNELED ALONG THE EEL RIVER VALLEY

THIS AFTERNOON, DAYTIME WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY GENTLE AND TERRAIN

DRIVEN. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOW TODAY WITH 

VALUES IN THE MID TEENS TO UPPER 20S PERCENT ACROSS THE INTERIOR,

WITH POOR TO MODERATE OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES OVER THE RIDGES.

INCREASING WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH MODERATE BREEZES 

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. COOLING EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND WITH A RETURN OF RAIN BY 

MID OF NEXT WEEK. 



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ECC006-210145-

HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH-

DISCUSSION FOR HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH

1240 AM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026





.A DOMINANT BLOCKING RIDGING PATTERN PROMOTING

UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST THROUGH TODAY,

FOLLOWED BY A SLOWLY GRADUAL WEAKENING THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY

NEXT WEEK MODERATING THE HEAT. EXCEPT FOR SOME ENHANCED NORTH

WINDS RIGHT ALONG SHORE AND CHANNELED ALONG THE EEL RIVER VALLEY

THIS AFTERNOON, DAYTIME WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY GENTLE AND TERRAIN

DRIVEN. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOW TODAY WITH 

VALUES IN THE MID TEENS TO UPPER 20S PERCENT ACROSS THE INTERIOR,

WITH POOR TO MODERATE OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES OVER THE RIDGES.

INCREASING WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH MODERATE BREEZES 

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. COOLING EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND WITH A RETURN OF RAIN BY 

MID OF NEXT WEEK. 



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