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SPOT FORECAST FOR STATION...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
950 PM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1333 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PDT THURSDAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...GUSTY NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
TODAY...FOLLOWED BY GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. PEAK WIND GUSTS MAY APPROACH 30 MPH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
MORNING ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE BELOW THE FAVORED PASSES AND CANYONS.
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 20 PERCENT TODAY...WITH POOR
RECOVERIES TONIGHT...THEN FALLING FURTHER TO AROUND OR BELOW 10
PERCENT ON THURSDAY. DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY THEN SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74-78 LOW ELEVATIONS TO 64-68 HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
MIN HUMIDITY........12-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST TO NORTH 15-20 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    DECREASING TO 4-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST TO NORTH 20-30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THEN 1000 FT AGL EARLY INCREASING TO 2000
                    FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO NORTH 15-25 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........20-30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH 4-8 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 15-25 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10-2 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 MPH
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 4-8 MPH IN THE EVENING THEN NORTH TO
                    NORTHEAST 15-20 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-82 LOW ELEVATIONS TO 65-70 HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST 15-25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30
                    MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING VARIABLE 3-7 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........VARIABLE 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10-20 MPH IN THE MORNING...VARIABLE 10
                    MPH OR LESS IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...SIRARD
REQUESTED BY...RANDALL MASTERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090929.STATI.01/LOX