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SPOT FORECAST FOR SURF BURN...USAF VBG
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
909 AM PDT THU OCT 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON OCTOBER 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS THE BURN AREA ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...MOSTLY FROM A NORTHWEST TO
NORTH DIRECTION. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...
SHIFTING TO A MORE NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT WARMING
AND DRYING TREND ON FRIDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PATCHY MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG...OTHERWISE MOSTLY
                    SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 28 MPH AFTER 11 AM.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT ASL...RISING TO 1000 FT ASL BY NOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    BY 11 AM.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 28 MPH
                    IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT ASL EARLY...LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74.
MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 8 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT ASL IN THE MORNING RISING TO AROUND 1000
                    FT ASL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GOMBERG
REQUESTED BY...DAN ARDOIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091022.SURFB.02/LOX