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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG PINES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
740 PM PST MON DEC 6 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON DECEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY
AND MILD CONDITIONS TO THE PRESCRIBED BURN AREA THROUGH TONIGHT.
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 15 TO 18 PERCENT RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH POOR RECOVERY TO AROUND 35 PERCENT TONIGHT. WINDS MAY
GUST UP TO 12 MPH THIS MORNING OTHERWISE WINDS SHOULD BE GENERALLY
LESS THAN 10 MPH THROUGH TONIGHT...EXCEPT STRONGER OVER THE
RIDGETOPS AT TIMES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56.
MIN HUMIDITY........15-18 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST 6-12 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 2-6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL EARLY INCREASING TO 2000
                    FT AGL BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 6-12
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MAX HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH 3-7 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5-10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SIRARD
REQUESTED BY...JAMES GRUWELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101206.BIGPI.02/LOX