167 FNUS86 KEKA 150918 FWLEKA ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 218 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2026 ECC001-160330- FORTUNA DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR FORTUNA DISPATCH 218 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2026 A WARMING AND DRYING TREND CONTINUES. INTERIOR VALLEYS WILL HIT THE 90S TODAY WITH MINIMUM RH LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. RECOVERIES WILL BE ESPECIALLY POOR TONIGHT ALONG MID AND UPPER SLOPES. MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BUILD ALONG INTERIOR RIDGES TODAY WITH STRONGER AND MORE WIDESPREAD WINDS IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. WIND AND DRY AIR WILL CREATE LOCALIZED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY WITH MORE MODERATE FIRE DANGER ELSEWHERE. WINDS WILL GENERALLY WEAKEN FRIDAY BUT LEAVE BEHIND EXCEPTIONALLY DRY AIR WITH RH NEAR 10 PERCENT. A COLD FRONT ARRIVES THIS WEEKEND LEADING TO A COOLING AND MOISTENING TREND. $$ ECC006-160330- HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH 218 AM PDT THU OCT 15 2026 A WARMING AND DRYING TREND CONTINUES. INTERIOR VALLEYS WILL HIT THE 90S TODAY WITH MINIMUM RH LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. RECOVERIES WILL BE ESPECIALLY POOR TONIGHT ALONG MID AND UPPER SLOPES. MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BUILD ALONG INTERIOR RIDGES TODAY WITH STRONGER AND MORE WIDESPREAD WINDS IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. WIND AND DRY AIR WILL CREATE LOCALIZED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY WITH MORE MODERATE FIRE DANGER ELSEWHERE. WINDS WILL GENERALLY WEAKEN FRIDAY BUT LEAVE BEHIND EXCEPTIONALLY DRY AIR WITH RH NEAR 10 PERCENT. A COLD FRONT ARRIVES THIS WEEKEND LEADING TO A COOLING AND MOISTENING TREND. $$