919 FNUS86 KEKA 050944 FWLEKA ECCDA DISCUSSIONS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EUREKA CA 244 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2018 ECC001-060345- FORTUNA DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR FORTUNA DISPATCH 244 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2018 WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY FROM YESTERDAY...WINDS WILL REMAIN LOCALLY GUSTY IN UPPER ELEVATIONS THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY NEAR THE MENDOCINO COMPLEX AND TO A SLIGHTLY LESSER EXTENT NEAR THE CARR FIRE. THIS WILL MAINTAIN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DESPITE THE SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND IMPROVED HUMIDITY. WARMING TEMPERATURES AND LOWERING HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BUT BOTH PROBABILITIES AND CONFIDENCE ARE LOW AT THIS POINT. $$ ECC006-060345- HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH- DISCUSSION FOR HOWARD FOREST DISPATCH 244 AM PDT SUN AUG 5 2018 WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY FROM YESTERDAY...WINDS WILL REMAIN LOCALLY GUSTY IN UPPER ELEVATIONS THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY NEAR THE MENDOCINO COMPLEX AND TO A SLIGHTLY LESSER EXTENT NEAR THE CARR FIRE. THIS WILL MAINTAIN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DESPITE THE SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND IMPROVED HUMIDITY. WARMING TEMPERATURES AND LOWERING HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BUT BOTH PROBABILITIES AND CONFIDENCE ARE LOW AT THIS POINT. $$