FNUS76 KLOX 150504
FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR VINTAGE...CNTY VTU
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1004 PM PDT FRI AUG 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0600 PDT ON AUGUST 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK TROUGH MOVING TO THE NORTH OF THE BURN AREA
WILL CONTINUE COOLER CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY...BUT A RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE WILL REESTABLISH FOR LATE IN THE WEEKEND. AS HIGH
PRESSURE REBUILDS CONDITIONS WILL WARM AND DRY. HOWEVER...A
PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN WILL KEEP FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
MODERATED. WINDS WILL LIKELY BEHAVE CLIMATOLOGICAL REGIMES WITH
UPSLOPE CONDITIONS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
THE SEABREEZE WILL BECOME THE PREDOMINANT FORCE INTO THE EVENING.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG IN THE
    MORNING...OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75-80 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE WINDS 6 MPH OR LESS UNTIL 0900
    HOURS...BECOMING UPSLOPE 3 TO 8 MPH UNTIL
    1300 HOURS...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10
    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........VARIABLE WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 1000
    HOURS...BECOMING WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
    TO 2500 AGL BY THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........VARIABLE WIND 6 MPH OR OR LESS IN THE
    MORNING...BECOMING WEST AROUND 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE EVENING...THEN AREAS OF LOW
    CLOUDS AND FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-58 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........96-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 3 TO 8 MPH UNTIL 2100
    HOURS...BECOMING VARIABLE 6 MPH OR LESS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH UNTIL 2100
    HOURS...BECOMING VARIABLE 6 MPH OR LESS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL EARLY...DIMINISHING TO 500 FT OR
    LESS BY LATE EVENING
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH IN THE
    EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE 6 MPH OR LESS.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG IN THE
    MORNING...OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-81 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........44-48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE WINDS 6 MPH OR LESS UNTIL 0900
    HOURS...BECOMING UPSLOPE 3 TO 8 MPH UNTIL
    1300 HOURS...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 10
    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........VARIABLE WINDS 6 MPH OR LESS UNTIL 1000
    HOURS...BECOMING WEST 8 TO 12 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS IN THE MORNING...INCREASING
    TO 2200 AGL BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE WIND 6 MPH OR OR LESS IN THE
    MORNING...BECOMING WEST AROUND 8 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

FORECASTER...HALL
REQUESTED BY...DAN OPBROEK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090814.VINTA.02/LOX

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