FNUS76 KLOX 181143
FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SULPHUR...USFS LPF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
443 AM PDT SAT JUL 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1750 PDT ON JULY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HOT AND GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS A
RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE UPPER COLORADO
RIVER BASIN. MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM
OVER THE AREA...BRINGING INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY TODAY. DRY LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY
    CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....99-103 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-14 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 6 MPH OR LESS UNTIL
    1000 HOURS...BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS
    6 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
    AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS UNTIL 0900 HOURS...THEN
    INCREASING TO 12000 FT AGL BY 1500 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
    CLEAR AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS AROUND 6 MPH UNTIL
    2000 HOURS...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY
    WINDS 6 MPH OR LESS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......12000 FT AGL EARLY...THEN DIMINISHING TO 500 FT
    OR LESS BY 0300 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH UNTIL 2000
    HOURS...THEN NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
    PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....98-102 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........9-13 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 6 MPH OR LESS UNTIL
    1000 HOURS...BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS
    AROUND 7 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS UNTIL 0900 HOURS...THEN
    INCREASING TO 12000 FT AGL BY 1500 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS 6 MPH OR LESS UNTIL 0900
    HOURS...THEN SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AROUND 10
    MPH.


FORECASTER...HALL/ASR
REQUESTED BY...SULPHUR  IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090717.SULPH.01/LOX

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