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SPOT FORECAST FOR STATION...LACOFIRE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
735 PM PDT FRI AUG 28 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1852 PDT ON AUGUST 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS
AND ADJACENT FOOTHILLS UNTIL 9 PM PDT SATURDAY DUE TO LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND HOT TEMPERATURES....

.DISCUSSION...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH TONIGHT. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL INTO
THE LOW TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS...WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.
TYPICAL DIURNAL SLOPE/VALLEY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED.

SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES A BIT
ACROSS THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....95-100.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-12 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE 2-6 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN UPSLOPE/
                    UPVALLEY 6-12 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 18 MPH BY
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN SOUTH TO
                    SOUTHWEST 8-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL EARLY...INCREASING TO
                    10000 FT AGL BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 3-7 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 20-25 MPH BY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....70-78.
MAX HUMIDITY........17-27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15
                    MPH EARLY THEN DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 4-8 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO 1000-1500 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....88-95.
MIN HUMIDITY........13-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE 2-6 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN UPSLOPE/
                    UPVALLEY 6-12 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 18 MPH
                    BY AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 8-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 1500 FT AGL EARLY...INCREASING TO NEAR 7000
                    FT AGL BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10-20 MPH.

.OUTLOOK...
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS 86-92. LOWS 66-74. MIN RH 14-20
          PERCENT. MAX RH 22-32 PERCENT. UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY
          WINDS 6-12 MPH GUSTS 18 MPH DAYTIME HOURS...DOWNSLOPE/
          DOWNVALLEY 4-8 MPH NIGHTTIME HOURS.

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FORECASTER...SIRARD
REQUESTED BY...SHELLY CROOK
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090828.STATI.03/LOX