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SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTON...BLM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
355 PM PDT TUE MAY 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1415 PDT ON MAY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP DRY
AND SEASONABLY MILD CONDITIONS OVER THE BURN AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LOW HUMIDITIES JUST BELOW 30 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...
WITH GOOD RECOVERY TONIGHT. NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 10 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED THIS MORNING...THEN TURN NORTHWEST UP TO 15 MPH FOR THIS
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL AGAIN TURN NORTHEAST LATER TONIGHT BUT SHOULD
REMAIN GENERALLY BELOW 10 MPH. WINDS WILL BE STRONGER OVER THE
RIDGETOPS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78.
MIN HUMIDITY........25-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHEAST 10-20 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTH 10-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 LWR SLP/VALLEY.....NORTHWEST 5-10 MPH EARLY THEN BECOMING NORTH TO
                    NORTHEAST 3-7 MPH OVERNIGHT.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 12-18 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SIRARD
REQUESTED BY...MICHELLE PUCKETT
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100518.COTTO.01/LOX