492 FPUS66 KEKA 072306 AFDEKA AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDT HDLNS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 300 PM PST SAT MAR 7 1998 PCPN LOOKING MORE ORGANIZED ON KBHX THIS AFTN WITH A FEW SPRINKLES RPTD IN CEC AND ORICK WHILE MAIN AREA OF PCPN SPRDNG ACRS SRN HUMBOLDT CNTY. WINDS PICKING UP AHD OF THE PCPN BAND WITH LCL GUSTS TO 35 MPH. SFC OBS SHOW DWPTS IN THE MID 30S WITH WSPRD VIRGA FM ACV N...BUT PCPN ALRDY FALLING IN CARLOTTA. EXPECT TO SEE MORE PCPN REACHING THE GRND THIS EVE...ESP ON THE N CST MTNS. SNW LVLS WONT FLUCTUATE TOO MUCH...REMAINING ARND 3K FT. WITH SNW ADVSRY INHERITED FM NITE SHFT...WL LET IT CONT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-5. PCPN WL SPRD OVR ENTIRE FA TNT AS FRNT APPROACHES THE CST...WITH QPFS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH PSBL BY AM. FROPA EXTRAPOLATED BTWN 6-10Z FM THE IMDT N CST TO SRN MENDOCINO. THIS AGREES WITH ALL MDLS. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRNT...SCT SHWRS ARE EXPECTED AND GRDLY TAPERING OFF FM S TO N THRU THE DAY AS ATMSPR STBLIZES AND HI PRES NOSES NWD. UPR FLO TURNS MORE ZNL BY SUN PM...AS A WKR S/W CHUGS ALG 48N TWD VISLE BY ERLY MON AM. ONLY EXPECTING AN INCRS IN CLDS WITH THIS FTR...AS MAIN PCPN REMAINS CONFINED TO THE PAC NW. AVN POINTS TWD A RDG RETURNING TO NW CA WITH DRYING AND SUBSIDENCE ON MON...WHILE NEXT SYSTEM DEVELPS IN THE ERN PAC. DRY CONDS WL PREVAIL TIL MIDWK AS THIS NEXT FTR DRAWS TWD THE FA. RLF POPS CEC +500 EKA +400 UKI +300 .EKA...SNOW ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET FOR NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM PT ST GEORGE TO PT ARENA TONIGHT...