FNUS76 KSGX 271855 FWSSGX SPOT FORECAST FOR VISTA GRANDE WIND EVENT...SBNF FRON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1155 AM PDT TUE OCT 27 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1048 PDT ON OCTOBER 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FRO RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTING OVER 35 MPH... .DISCUSSION... STRONG COLD FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH TO MOVE ACROSS AREA TONIGHT. WEST WINDS TODAY WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON AND NORTHEAST LATE THIS EVENING. A STRONG AND RAPID DRYING TREND IS LIKELY FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT. COMBINATION OF DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS LIKELY TO PERSIST UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. VERY DRY AIR LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57. MIN HUMIDITY........INCREASING TO 65 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. WIND................ SLOPES...........WINDS WEST 5 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 35 MPH. RIDGETOP.........WEST 25 TO 35 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 25 MPH. TIME (PDT) 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........67 67 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TEMP............57 56 RH..............54 62 20 FT WIND DIR..W W 20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 20 FT WIND GUST.30 35 EYE LVL WND DIR.W W EYE LVL WND SPD.12 12 EYE LVL WND GST.30 35 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32. MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT EARLY LOWERING OVERNIGHT TO 20 PERCENT. WIND................ SLOPES...........WINDS WEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHEAST LATE IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 20 TO 25 MPH BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. TIME (PDT) 6 PM 9 PM MIDNGT 3 AM SKY (%).........38 38 32 32 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 36 35 34 RH..............68 32 25 20 20 FT WIND DIR..W W NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..12 8 5 10 20 FT WIND GUST.30 25 10 20 EYE LVL WND DIR.W W NE NE EYE LVL WND SPD.12 8 4 7 EYE LVL WND GST.30 25 10 20 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT. WIND................ SLOPES...........WINDS NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS 30 MPH. RIDGETOP.........NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. MIXING HEIGHT.......6500-7000 FT. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 15 TO 20. TIME (PDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........29 29 18 18 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............33 40 46 48 RH..............25 20 15 15 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..10 15 15 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 30 20 EYE LVL WND DIR.NE NE NE NE EYE LVL WND SPD.5 10 10 8 EYE LVL WND GST.20 25 35 20 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 33. HIGHS AROUND 56. WINDS NORTH 10 MPH. .FRIDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 39. HIGHS AROUND 61. WINDS WEST 5 MPH. .SATURDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 43. HIGHS AROUND 70. WINDS EAST 5 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ROB BALFOUR REQUESTED BY...DAN FELIX TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20091027.VISTA.01/SGX