FNUS76 KSGX 241322 AAA
FWSSGX

SPOT FORECAST FOR KEN...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
622 AM PDT WED AUG 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1733 PDT ON AUGUST 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TODAY WILL BE HOT AND DRY AGAIN BUT THE AIR MASS IS SLIGHTLY MORE
UNSTABLE AND THERE IS SOME MID LEVEL MOISTURE ALOFT NOW. THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL OF PLUME DEVELOPMENT TODAY SHOULD SIGNIFICANT HEAT BE
GENERATED ON THE FIRE. OTHERWISE EXPECT TO SEE SOME CUMULUS DEVELOP
OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS FROM LATE MORNING ON. THE GENERAL WINDS ARE
FROM THE SOUTH AND THESE WILL BE ALIGNED WITH AND ENHANCE THE
UPSLOPE/UP CANYON WINDS. FOR TONIGHT EXPECT POOR RECOVERY OF HUMIDITY
AND FOR THURSDAY MORE CLOUDS BUT STILL HOT AND DRY. THE OUTLOOK
FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IS FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH LAL 2.
A COOLING AND MOISTENING TREND IS FORECAST FOR SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 96.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
WIND................
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH THIS MORNING BECOMING
                    SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS 15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 8 MPH WITH GUSTS 15 MPH.
CHC WETTING RAIN....0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL 0800 PDT...THEN
                    MIXING TO 14000 FT BETWEEN 1000-1500 PDT...
                    LOWERING AFTER 1600 PDT TO 6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MAX HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND................
   SLOPES...........SOUTH 5 MPH UNTIL 2000 PDT...THEN
                    DOWNSLOPE 2 TO 4 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.
CHC WETTING RAIN....0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LOWERING TO 500 FT AGL AFTER 2000 PDT.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 98.
MIN HUMIDITY........10 PERCENT.
WIND................
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........SOUTH 5 MPH.
CHC WETTING RAIN....0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL UNTIL INVERSION BREAKS AROUND 0800 PDT...
                    14500 FT AGL LATE MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...
                    THEN 8500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...ROB BALFOUR
REQUESTED BY...STEVE SELTZNER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110823.KEN__.03/SGX