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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHARLTON CHILAO...U.S FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
548 PM PST WED FEB 23 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1625 PST ON FEBRUARY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...FAIR WEATHER EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WITH JUST PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
DIVE SOUTH FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
BRINGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. EXPECT SNOWFALL ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS BEGINNING
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL
LOWER SIGNIFICANTLY BY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY DOWN TO AT LEAST
2000 FEET AFFECTING THE ADJACENT VALLEY FOOTHILLS. THERE WILL BE A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY DUE TO MODERATE
INSTABILITY OVER THE AREA.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....41-44.
MIN HUMIDITY........60-70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. AT IGNITION...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 12 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 28
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE MORNING...
                    INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
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FORECASTER...KAPLAN
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT LOWDEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110223.CHARL.01/LOX