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SPOT FORECAST FOR PRE-FIRE...SANTA BARBARA CITY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
921 AM PDT THU JUL 2 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 PDT ON JULY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION
WILL KEEP THE MARINE LAYER FAIRLY SHALLOW THROUGH FRIDAY...GENERALLY
AROUND 1000 FEET. AS A RESULT...THE MARINE LAYER SHOULD BE DEEP ENOUGH
TO BRING SOME LOW CLOUDS AND FOG DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING
HOURS TO THE BURN AREA. MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN WILL BRING TYPICAL
DIURNAL AFTERNOON AND EVENING SEA BREEZE WINDS. LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE
AND HUMIDITY PATTERN THROUGH PERIOD.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN LOW CLOUDS AND FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........LOW CLOUDS AND FOG THROUGH MID MORNING...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GOMBERG
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL HOOSE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090702.PREFI.01/LOX