FNUS76 KLOX 020144
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SPOT FORECAST FOR STATION...US FOREST  SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
645 PM PDT THU OCT 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1715 PDT ON OCTOBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT TODAY FOR AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITIES...

.DISCUSSION...CLEAR SKIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH A
COOLING TREND EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD AS ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES
OVER THE REGION. TODAY WILL BE ANOTHER RELATIVELY WARM DAY WITH
CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITIES AND DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
WITH THE SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING SOME THROUGH SATURDAY...COOLER
TEMPERATURES AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION.
HUMIDITIES WILL HAVE MODERATE RECOVERY TONIGHT AND SHOULD BE AROUND
OR ABOVE 30 PERCENT ON SATURDAY. WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 20 MPH ON
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH STRONGER WINDS OVER THE RIDGETOPS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77-81.
MIN HUMIDITY........8-11 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE 2-6 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN SOUTHWEST
                    4-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........VARIABLE 4-8 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN WEST 5-10
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 3-7 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN SOUTHWEST
                    4-8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........45-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST TO SOUTHWEST 12-18 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69-74.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 6-12 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15-25 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 1500-2000 FT AGL BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SIRARD
REQUESTED BY...RANDALL MASTERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20091001.STATI.01/LOX