FNUS76 KLOX 041309
FWSLOX

SPOT FORECAST FOR CHARLIE...LAC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
609 AM PDT WED MAY 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP A WARM AND DRY AIR MASS
IN PLACE OVER THE BURN AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY...WITH LITTLE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW THIS MORNING
WILL BECOME ONSHORE THIS AFTERNOON. ONSHORE FLOW WILL BECOME STRONGER
EACH DAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES
THE WEST COAST. A SIGNIFICANT COOLING TREND IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....92-96 DEGREES.
MIN HUMIDITY........10-14 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING
    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12
                    MPH AFTER 1400 HOURS.
    1400 HOURS.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    THIS MORNING...DIMINISHING BY AFTERNOON AND
                    BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH AFTER
                    1400 HOURS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL OR LESS IN THE MORNING...LIFTING
    TO 7000 FT AGL BY 1400 HOURS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52-56 DEGREES.
MAX HUMIDITY........30-40 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    VARIABLE 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER 2000 HOURS.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 14 TO 18 MPH...BECOMING VARIABLE
                    3 TO 6 MPH AFTER 2100 HOURS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7000 FT AGL OR LESS IN THE EARLY EVENING...LOWERING
                    TO 500 FT AGL OR LESS AFTER MIDNIGHT.


FORECASTER...BRUNO/KAPLAN
REQUESTED BY...DREW SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110504.CHARL.01/LOX

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