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SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE HUGHES...USFS ANF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
757 AM PST TUE MAR 8 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON MARCH 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...MOSTLY FAIR TODAY WITH HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUING TO
STREAM OVER THE APPROACHING UPPER RIDGE. THIS RIDGE WILL SHIFT
EAST AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL BRING
INCREASINGLY DRY OFFSHORE FLOW TODAY AND TONIGHT. OFFSHORE FLOW
REACHES ABOUT 20 KNOTS AT 850 MB THIS EVENING. THE AIR MASS WILL
WARM SIGNIFICANTLY TODAY AND WEDNESDAY THEN EVEN MORE ON
THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH NORTHWEST 35 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-4100 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 23 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 12 MPH.


.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-4300 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH.


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FORECASTER...SWEET
REQUESTED BY...RON WHITE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110308.LAKEH.01/LOX