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SPOT FORECAST FOR MINOTAUR LAUNCH...USAF VBG
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
228 PM PDT TUE AUG 9 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 PDT ON AUGUST 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...TYPICAL ONSHORE FLOW CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ON WEDNESDAY.
THE MARINE INVERSION WILL BE AROUND 2000 FT ASL DEEP WEDNESDAY MORNING
WITH WIDESPREAD STRATUS AND FOG. THE STRATUS AND FOG SHOULD BEGIN
TO CLEAR THE AREA AFTER 1100L WEDNESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN ON THE COOL SIDE...LOWER TO MID 50S AT 0700L AND ONLY RISING
INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TYPICAL WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE WIND SPEEDS INCREASING AFTER
1100L.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........LOW CLOUDS AND FOG.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51-55.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST TO NORTHWEST 8-15 MPH...DECREASING TO
                    3-6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST TO NORTHWEST 8-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH
                    DECREASING TO 4-8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........LOW CLOUDS AND FOG...CLEARING TO THE BEACHES IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....52-55 AT 0700L...RISING TO 62-68 IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIN HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT AT 0700L...FALLING TO
                    65-70 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST TO NORTHWEST 3-6 MPH INCREASING TO 8-15 MPH
                    AFTER 1100L.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST TO NORTHWEST 4-8 MPH INCREASING TO 8-15 MPH
                    GUST 20 MPH AFTER 1100L.

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FORECASTER...THOMPSON
REQUESTED BY...MARK SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110809.MINOT.01/LOX