FNUS86 KEKA 160754 FWLEKA ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 1254 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2026 ECC001-170200- FORTUNA DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR FORTUNA DISPATCH 1254 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2026 A WARMING AND DRYING TREND CONTINUES. INTERIOR VALLEYS WILL AGAIN HIT THE 90S TODAY WITH MINIMUM RH LESS THAN 15 PERCENT. RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR FOR ONE ONE MORE NIGHT. MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS PERSIST ALONG INTERIOR RIDGES THIS MORNING WITH STRONGER AND MORE WIDESPREAD WINDS IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. WHERE STRONG, WIND AND DRY AIR WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MORNING. WINDS WILL GENERALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE DAY 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. $$ ECC006-170200- HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH 1254 AM PDT FRI OCT 16 2026 A WARMING AND DRYING TREND CONTINUES. INTERIOR VALLEYS WILL AGAIN HIT THE 90S TODAY WITH MINIMUM RH LESS THAN 15 PERCENT. RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR FOR ONE ONE MORE NIGHT. MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS PERSIST ALONG INTERIOR RIDGES THIS MORNING WITH STRONGER AND MORE WIDESPREAD WINDS IN EASTERN LAKE COUNTY. WHERE STRONG, WIND AND DRY AIR WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MORNING. WINDS WILL GENERALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY BUT LEAVE BEHIND EXCEPTIONALLY DRY AIR WITH RH NEAR 10 PERCENT. A COLD FRONT ARRIVES THIS WEEKEND LEADING TO A COOLING AND MOISTENING TREND. $$