FNUS76 KSGX 302056
FWSSGX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PALA FIRE...CDF SDU
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
156 PM PDT TUE AUG 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 PDT ON AUGUST 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 858-675-8707

.DISCUSSION...
A NEAR STATIONARY TROUGH WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THROUGH
THURSDAY. OVER SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THIS WILL CREATE GENERAL WINDS
FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND A MARINE LAYER AROUND 2500 FEET DEEP. THIS
SHOULD AFFECT MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE PALA INCIDENT WITH A COOLING AND
MOISTENING TREND...BUT WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTING 25 MPH OR MORE
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. ALSO AT ELEVATIONS
ABOVE 2500 FEET...THE MID AND UPPER SLOPES OF THE PALOMAR RANGE...
IT WILL STILL BE VERY DRY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 15 PERCENT
FOR MORE THAN 10 HOURS EACH DAY AND ONLY MODERATE RECOVERY DURING
THE EVENING HOURS. FOR FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/LABOR DAY...HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BE REBUILDING AND A WARMING TREND IS FORECAST WITH CONDITIONS
RETURNING TO WHAT THEY WERE AT THE START OF THIS FIRE. THERE IS ALSO
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY LIGHTNING SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY UNTIL MID MORNING WITH PATCHY FOG...
                    THEN SUNNY BUT HAZY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND................
   SLOPES...........UPSLOPE 3 TO 5 MPH BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........WEST 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.

.OUTLOOK FOR...
.THURSDAY...
CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 61. HIGHS AROUND 90. WINDS SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.
MINIMUM RH 30 PERCENT. MAXIMUM RH 95 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 63. HIGHS AROUND 92. WINDS WEST 10 MPH.
MINIMUM RH 15 PERCENT. MAXIMUM RH 55 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY THROUGH LABOR DAY...
MOSTLY CLEAR NIGHTS AND SUNNY MORNINGS. PARTLY CLOUDY AFTERNOONS AND
EVENING WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LAL 2. CHANCE OF WETTING
RAIN LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. LOWS AROUND 64. HIGHS AROUND 93.
MINIMUM RH 15 PERCENT. MAXIMUM RH 65 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...ROB BALFOUR
REQUESTED BY...DARYLL PINA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110830.PALAF.02/SGX