FNUS76 KLOX 160455 FWSLOX SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTEN...CDF/SLU NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 955 PM PDT SAT MAY 15 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2115 PDT ON MAY 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL KEEP DRY AND SEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS OVER THE BURN AREA TODAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NOT QUITE AS LOW BUT STILL FALL TO NEAR 25 PERCENT BY AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN PRECIPITATION FREE WITH GOOD HUMIDITY RECOVERY. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE EARLY EVENING WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82. MIN HUMIDITY........24-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ LWR SLP/VALLEY.....VARIABLE 2-5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH 3-7 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 15-20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL EARLY INCREASING TO NEAR 7000 FT AGL BY AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 20-30 MPH BY AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ LWR SLP/VALLEY.....SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH EARLY DIMINISHING TO 2-6 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH 15-25 MPH IN THE EVENING DIMINISHING TO 5-10 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15-20 MPH EARLY DIMINISHING TO 5-10 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. $$ FORECASTER...SIRARD REQUESTED BY...STEVE REEDER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100515.COTTE.01/LOX