FNUS76 KLOX 070504
FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR CASITAS...USFS LPF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1004 PM PDT SUN SEP 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2118 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN ONSHORE FLOW PATTERN WILL REMAIN PREVALENT THROUGH
MIDWEEK AS A WEAK TROUGH GRADUALLY PASSES TO THE NORTH OF THE
BURN AREA. LITTLE CHANGE WILL OCCUR WITH TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY
LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...WITH WINDS BEHAVING CLIMATOLOGICAL
REGIMES. A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED BEGINNING TUESDAY WITH A
SLIGHT BUMP IN TEMPERATURES...THEN A MORE PRONOUNCED WARM UP ON
WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE REESTABLISHES ALOFT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-61 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........58-62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 6 MPH OR LESS.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL OR LESS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE AROUND 6 MPH.

.LABOR DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....86-89 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY WINDS 6 MPH OR LESS UNTIL
    0800 HOURS...BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY WINDS 3
            TO 8 MPH UNTIL 1200 HOURS...THEN BECOMING
    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL 0900 HOURS...BECOMING
    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL EARLY...ASCENDING TO 3100 FT AGL
    BY 1400 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
    SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....57-61 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........59-63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 1900
    HOURS...BECOMING DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 6 MPH OR
    LESS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL 2000
    HOURS...THEN SHIFTING TO EAST.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...DESCENDING
    TO 500 FT AGL OR LESS BEFORE DAYBREAK.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
    EAST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FORECASTER...HALL
REQUESTED BY...CASITAS IC
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090906.CASIT.02/LOX

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