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SPOT FORECAST FOR JESUSITA...SANTA BARBARA CITY...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
410 PM PDT WED MAY 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1237 PDT ON MAY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT FRIDAY DUE TO STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...STRONG...GUSTY SUNDOWNER WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON
WILL 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 AGAIN CLIMBING
INTO THE 90S. VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT WITH HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE TEENS AGAIN ON
THURSDAY. THIS STRONG SUNDOWNER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY STRONG WINDS WITH HUMIDITY LEVELS IN THE
TEENS HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE
REGION. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM FRIDAY MORNING. THE
ISSUANCE OF THE RED FLAG WARNING PROMPTED THIS UPDATED SPOT
FORECAST.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....66-74.
MAX HUMIDITY........35-50%.
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...DANIELSON
REQUESTED BY...TODD EDWARDS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090506.JESUS.02/LOX