FNUS76 KLOX 120445 FWSLOX SPOT FORECAST FOR CASITAS...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 945 PM PDT FRI SEP 11 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1725 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SOME MARINE LAYER CLOUDS MAY AFFECT THE BURN AREA IN THE MORNING ALONG WITH HIGHER HUMIDITIES. OTHERWISE DRY AND SEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. MODERATE LEVELS OF HUMIDITY SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT WINDS IN THE MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GENERALLY 10 MPH OR LESS IN THE AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15 MPH CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PATCHY LOW CLOUDS AND FOG THROUGH MID MORNING OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....84-88. MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE 2-4 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........VARIABLE 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING WEST 10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING... INCREASING TO 2000 TO 2500 FT AGL BY AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING WEST 6-12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...SIRARD REQUESTED BY...T ZAVALLA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090911.CASIT.02/LOX