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SPOT FORECAST FOR STATION...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1018 PM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1338 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.....52-59.
MIN HUMIDITY........14-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH 10-15 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN
                    THE MORNING.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST TO NORTH 25-35 MPH...DIMINISHING TO
                    15-25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO NORTH 30-40 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43-47.
MAX HUMIDITY........15-20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH TO NORTHEAST 10-15 MPH IN THE EVENING...
                    INCREASING TO 15-25 MPH OVERNIGHT WITH
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH...STRONGEST
                    THROUGH PASSES AND CANYONS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST TO NORTH 20-30 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    DIMINISHING TO 10-20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL OVERNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15-25 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-62.
MIN HUMIDITY........7-11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 15-25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
                    TO 30 MPH IN THE MORNING...STRONGEST THROUGH
                    PASSES AND CANYONS...DIMINISHING TO 10-15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 4-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 15-25 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...SIRARD
REQUESTED BY...RANDALL MASTERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090929.STATI.02/LOX