FNUS76 KLOX 120232
FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG PINES...USFS ANF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
632 PM PST TUE JAN 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1715 PST ON JANUARY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE BURN AREA ON
WEDNESDAY. A FEW CLOUDS COULD LINGER OVER THE RIDGETOPS WEDNESDAY
MORNING...BUT DECREASING CLOUDINESS SHOULD BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. OFFSHORE FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS...BECOMING STRONGLY OFFSHORE BETWEEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. AS
A RESULT...WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AS THE WEEK
PROGRESSES WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL AND SINGLE
DIGIT HUMIDITIES LIKELY BY FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER
THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING MOSTLY
    SUNNY BY THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....53-58 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........28-33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
    AFTERNOON GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS EARLY LIFTING TO 4000 FT
    AGL BY 1400 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-34 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL EARLY FALLING TO 500 FT AGL OR
    LESS BY 2200 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-64 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
    GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS EARLY LIFTING TO 4500 FT AGL
    BY 1400 HOURS.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.

FORECASTER...HALL
REQUESTED BY...JAMES GRUWELL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110112.BIGPI.01/LOX
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