FNUS76 KLOX 120151
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SPOT FORECAST FOR SMOKEY...USFS ANF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
651 PM PDT SUN OCT 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1803 PDT ON OCTOBER 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BURN AREA WILL BREAK DOWN
LATE TONIGHT AS A DEVELOPING TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE
WEST COAST. CLOUDINESS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT...WITH A
POSSIBILITY OF DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN MONDAY MORNING. CHANCES OF
WETTING RAINS WILL REMAIN NEAR ZERO THOUGH AS AMOUNTS WILL BE A
FEW HUNDREDTHS AT MOST. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN THE AIR MASS
WILL INCREASE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES
INCREASING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL
REMAIN HIGH...ABOVE 9000 FEET THROUGHOUT THE STORM. THE TROUGH
SHOULD EXIT LATE IN THE WEEK ALLOWING HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN
OVER THE WEST.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR EARLY...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY
    LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44-48 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........96-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 6 MPH OR LESS UNTIL 0200 HOURS...
    INCREASING TO 4 TO 9 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
            TO 25 MPH.

.COLUMBUS DAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS
    POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-64 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
    TO 15 MPH UNTIL 1000 HOURS...INCREASING TO
    10 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
    MPH...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AFTER 1300
    HOURS.


.MONDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-44 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........96-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH
    GUSTS TO 18 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.


FORECASTER...HALL
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN GRANT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20091011.SMOKE.01/LOX

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