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SPOT FORECAST FOR PINE RX BURN...USFS LPF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
617 AM PST WED JAN 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON JANUARY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BREAK DOWN TODAY AS
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE AREA. LOW AND MIDDLE LEVEL
CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TODAY. CHANCES OF WETTING RAINS WILL INCREASE
THROUGHOUT TODAY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF WETTING RAINS OCCURRING
LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BUILD IN FOR LATE WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. AN INCREASING CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-74 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 0900
    HOURS...BECOMING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 10 TO 15 MPH
    WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
    AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS EARLY...INCREASING TO 9000 FT
    MSL BY THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 2 TO 6 MPH UNTIL 0900
    HOURS...BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH
    WITH OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 16 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-48 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........96-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
    EVENING GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN THE
    EVENING...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT MSL EARLY...INCREASING TO 15000 FT MSL
    LATE.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
    EVENING GUSTS TO 20 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS...MAINLY IN THE
    MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-64 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........75-79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH DIMINISHING 10 MPH IN
    THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
MIXING HEIGHT.......15000 FT MSL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 2 TO 6 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
    GUSTS TO 10 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN
    THE AFTERNOON.


FORECASTER...HALL/ASR-DB
REQUESTED BY...LPCC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090121.PINER.01/LOX

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