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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHARLTON BURN...USFS ANF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
823 AM PST THU JAN 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 PST ON JANUARY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
COAST WILL LIFT OVER THE BURN AREA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS
WILL OCCUR THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE
AREA THIS EVENING...STABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE. HOWEVER...MOISTURE
WILL LIKELY STILL REMAIN IN PLACE KEEPING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS THROUGH TONIGHT. ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING
CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA FOR FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-55 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........52-56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH WITH
    OCCASIONAL AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 18 MPH. GUSTY
    AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR
    THUNDERSTORMS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH UNTIL 1000 HOURS...
    DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL EARLY...INCREASING TO 15000 FT MSL
    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AROUND 13 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE
    OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-45 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........96-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH WITH
    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 21 MPH IN THE EVENING...
    BECOMING VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH LATE. GUSTY AND
            ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
    THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING...
    BECOMING SOUTHEAST LATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......15000 FT MSL IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO
    500 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 18 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....47-51 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 0900 HOURS...
    BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH
    WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL EARLY...INCREASING TO 8500 FT MSL IN
    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.


FORECASTER...HALL
REQUESTED BY...OSCAR VARGAS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090122.CHARL.01/LOX

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