FNUS76 KSGX 102015 FWSSGX SPOT FORECAST FOR BOWEN WILDFIRE...CDF SBU NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 115 PM PDT FRI JUN 10 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1700 PDT ON JUNE 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. A SECOND AND STRONGER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. A THERMAL LOW AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA DESERTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NORMAL DOWNSLOPE AND DOWN CANYON WINDS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH MODERATE RECOVERY OF HUMIDITY. FOR SATURDAY THE UPSLOPE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE OVERPOWERED EARLIER IN THE DAY BY THE INCREASING GENERAL WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST...SO WATCH FOR A WIND REVERSAL FROM LATE MORNING ON. EXPECT WINDS TO BE TWICE AS STRONG SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY COMPARED TO LAST SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO THE STRONGER TROUGH ALOFT. ALSO EXPECT POOR RECOVERY OF HUMIDITY SATURDAY NIGHT DUE TO WINDS STAYING UP ALL NIGHT LONG. FOR SUNDAY...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. FOR MONDAY THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL CAUSE A WARMING AND DRYING TREND. HOWEVER AFTERNOON AND EVENING WINDS GUSTING NEAR 25 MPH ARE STILL LIKELY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55. MAX HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. 20 FT WIND.......... SLOPES...........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING...DIMINISHING TO DOWNSLOPE 1 TO 3 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS 6 MPH AFTER 2200 PDT. RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHC WETTING RAIN....0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......INVERSION WITHIN 500 FT AGL AFTER 2100 PDT. EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH DURING THE EVENING...THEN SOUTH 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (PDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............74 70 65 63 62 60 59 58 58 57 56 55 RH..............29 34 40 43 44 44 46 46 47 48 49 50 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 8 6 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 20 15 10 8 6 6 6 6 6 7 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. WIND................ SLOPES...........UPSLOPE 1 TO 4 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH BY MIDDAY...WITH GUSTS 30 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC WETTING RAIN....0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 900 AM THEN...MIXING TO 4000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (PDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............55 63 68 70 73 76 78 78 78 78 77 76 RH..............48 36 29 26 23 21 21 21 22 23 25 27 20 FT WIND DIR..S S NE NE NE NE SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 1 2 2 4 4 4 8 8 8 12 20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 2 4 5 7 10 10 20 20 20 30 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... INCREASING CLOUDS. LOW 55. HIGH 76. WINDS SOUTHWEST 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 MPH. MAX RH 30 PERCENT. MIN RH 15 PERCENT. .SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY... CLEAR. LOW 54. HIGH 80. WINDS SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 MPH LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAX RH 60 PERCENT. MIN RH 25 PERCENT. .TUESDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW 57. HIGH 85. WINDS SOUTHWEST 10 MPH. MAX RH 65 PERCENT. MIN RH 20 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...ROB BALFOUR REQUESTED BY...BC STOCK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110610.BOWEN.01/SGX