FNUS76 KLOX 161550 FWSLOX SPOT FORECAST FOR 166...USFS LPF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 850 AM PDT FRI JUL 16 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0824 PDT ON JULY 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SIMILAR CONDITIONS TO YESTERDAY EXPECTED TODAY...WITH HOT AND RELATIVELY MOIST CONDITIONS. THERE IS A GREATER POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY HOWEVER...WITH THE POTENTIAL OF BRIEF BUT MODERATE RAINFALL. WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT TODAY...FROM A PREDOMINANT NORTH DIRECTION...BUT ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM WILL BRING GUSTY DOWNDRAFTS. THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...THEN MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE DECREASE OVERNIGHT. HOTTER AND DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....99-102. MIN HUMIDITY........24-28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ LWR SLP/VALLEY.....NORTH 3-6 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 6-12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST TO NORTH 6-12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS UNDER ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. $$ FORECASTER...KITTELL REQUESTED BY...DE LA ROSA TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100716.166__.01/LOX