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SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE HUGHES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
220 PM PST WED DEC 15 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 PST ON DECEMBER 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THURSDAY AND MOST OF THURSDAY
NIGHT. A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY WITH RAIN
BECOMING LIKELY BY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY 10 MPH OR
LESS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT EXCEPT STRONGER OVER THE RIDGETOPS
THURSDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ON FRIDAY
WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH POSSIBLE EXCEPT GUSTS TO 20 MPH OVER THE
RIDGETOPS. HUMIDITIES WILL BE MODERATE ON THURSDAY THEN GENERALLY
HIGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MIN HUMIDITY........47-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST 5-10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10-20 MPH IN THE MORNING THEN VARIABLE
                    3-6 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THEN 1000 FT AGL EARLY INCREASING TO NEAR
                    3500 FT AGL BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10-15 MPH IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO
                    5-10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN BECOMING LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST 3-7 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    8-15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    15-20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THEN 1000 FT AGL EARLY INCREASING TO NEAR
                    1000 FT AGL BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    12-18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...SIRARD
REQUESTED BY...JUAN FLORES
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101215.LAKEH.02/LOX