FNUS76 KLOX 090025
FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR CASITAS...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
530 PM PDT TUE SEP 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1520 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY AND SEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT OVER THE BURN AREA. SOME MARINE LAYER CLOUDS
MAY MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
WITH A PERIOD OF HIGHER HUMIDITIES...OTHERWISE MODERATE HUMIDITY CAN
BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...WITH ONLY MODERATE RECOVERY AT BEST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH SHOULD
PREVAIL THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 15
MPH CANNOT BE RULED OUT FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FOG LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN
                    VARIABLE 2-4 MPH. WIND BECOMING EAST 3-6
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........VARIABLE 3-7 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    EAST 3-7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST TO SOUTHEAST 5-10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65.
MAX HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE 2-4 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 3-7 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SIRARD
REQUESTED BY...TONY AYALA
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090908.CASIT.01/LOX