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SPOT FORECAST FOR RANCHO 9...CNTY LAC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
414 AM PDT WED MAY 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PDT ON MAY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DRY AND SEASONABLE
CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO
AROUND 30 PERCENT...WITH GOOD RECOVERY TONIGHT. A WEAK ONSHORE FLOW
PATTERN WILL PERSIST...WITH TYPICAL GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A
NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY DIRECTION TONIGHT.

A GRADUAL WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN COOLER
CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78-82.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......AT IGNITION...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 2-4 MPH.
                    SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 5-8 MPH
                    GUST 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

 RIDGETOP...........AT IGNITION...NORTHWEST TO NORTH 2-4 MPH.
                    WIND SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON
                    AND INCREASING TO 5-10 MPH.

MIXING HEIGHT.......AT IGNITION...BELOW 500 FT AGL.
                    MIXING HEIGHT INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....50-54.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH GUST 12 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE 2-4 MPH.

 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST BY MIDNIGHT.

MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING...LOWERING TO BELOW
                    500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING
                    NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5-10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...THOMPSON
REQUESTED BY...DREW SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110525.RANCH.01/LOX