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SPOT FORECAST FOR UPPER OJAI WILDFIRE PROTECTION ZONE...VNC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
549 AM PST WED FEB 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PST ON FEBRUARY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH OFF TO THE EAST TODAY AS A
PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES THE STATE. A WARM AND DRY
AIRMASS WILL ONLY MODERATE A LITTLE TODAY...WITH INCREASING MOIST
AND COOLER CONDITIONS MOVING OVER THE FIRE SITE LATE TONIGHT.
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BEGIN AROUND MID-MORNING THURSDAY.
CHANCES OF WETTING RAINS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THURSDAY WITH A
POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING SPREADING OVER THE BURN AREA.
RAINY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIT INTO SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-17 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 AGL FEET EARLY THEN RISING TO 7500 AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 25 MPH

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7500 FEET AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING FALLING QUICKLY
                    TO UNDER 1000 FEET BY LATE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN DEVELOPING BY MID TO LATE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT EARLY THEN RISING TO 90 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 8 TO 12 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......UNDER 1000 FT AGL EARLY RISING TO 8000 FT AGL BY NOON
                    THEN LOWERING TO UNDER 2000 FT AGL DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RORKE/DB
REQUESTED BY...BRENDAN RIPLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090204.UPPER.01/LOX