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SPOT FORECAST FOR JESUSITA...LOS PADRES NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1204 PM PDT WED MAY 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1205 PDT ON MAY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STRONG AND GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. THE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON...PEAK IN STRENGTH THIS EVENING AND EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. GUSTS TO 50
MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FIRE AREA...ESPECIALLY BELOW PASSES AND
CANYONS. THE WINDS WILL KEEP OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES VERY
WARM...WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY CLIMBING INTO THE
LOWER TO MID 90S. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...WITH
LIMITED RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
DROPPING INTO THE TEENS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

THIS STRONG SUNDOWNER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....66-74.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-55%.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-94 LOW ELEVATIONS...78-84 RIDGETOPS.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-18% LOW ELEVATIONS...18-25% RIDGETOPS.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...
                    DECREASING TO 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH TO NORTHEAST 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    50 MPH...DECREASING TO 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 40 MPH.

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FORECASTER...THOMPSON
REQUESTED BY...JESUSITA IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090506.JESUS.02/LOX