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SPOT FORECAST FOR SAN SIMEON STATE PARK PILE BURN...CA STATE PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
316 PM PDT TUE MAR 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1055 PDT ON MARCH 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY...BRINGING AN OFFSHORE INFLUENCE TO THE BURN AREA. THE
PREDOMINATE WIND DIRECTION IS EXPECTED TO BE NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...BUT WILL LIKELY SHIFT TO A MORE NORTHERLY DIRECTION IN THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL BRING SOME WARMING AND DRYING...THAT WILL
PERSIST INTO THURSDAY.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........61 AT 10 AM...MAX 70.
HUMIDITY............55 PERCENT AT 10 AM...MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING NORTH 8-12 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 10-15 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING NORTH 10-15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL AT 10 AM...RISING TO 3500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10-15 MPH AT 10 AM...BECOMING NORTH 15-20 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52.
HUMIDITY............75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10-15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...GOMBERG
REQUESTED BY...LISA ANDREANO  BIOLOGIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110329.SANSI.01/LOX