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SPOT FORECAST FOR FIGUEROA MNT...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
951 AM PST MON NOV 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1040 PST ON NOVEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM PST TUESDAY...

.DISCUSSION...COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT SWEPT THROUGH
THE REGION OVERNIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS
THE BURN AREA TODAY AND SHOULD PEAK TONIGHT. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT WILL
GRAZE THE BURN AREA TUESDAY NIGHT BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME
SHOWERS.

BY WEDNESDAY, HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD ACROSS THE GREAT
BASIN. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR AN OFFSHORE WIND EVENT LATE
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WHEN GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
DEVELOP. TEMPERATURES THEREAFTER WILL WARM TO NEAR SEASONAL NORMS
WHILE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL TO LOW LEVELS.

.TODAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH TO EAST 6-12 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST AND
                    INCREASING TO 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 20-30 MPH BECOMING NORTH. LOCAL GUSTS
                    TO 40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST TO NORTH 15-25 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH TO NORTHEAST 9-14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15-25 MPH AND DECREASING
                    THROUGH THE DAY.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 1000 FT AGL RISING TO 2500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 12-25 MPH.

.OUTLOOK FOR WEDNESDAY...
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH 9-14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 20-30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.

.OUTLOOK FOR THURSDAY...
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH TO NORTHEAST 9-14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 20-30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS
                    TO 40 MPH EARLY DECREASING THROUGH THE DAY.

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FORECASTER...MORRIS
REQUESTED BY...JIM HARRIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101108.FIGUE.01/LOX