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SPOT FORECAST FOR FIGUEROA FIRE...USFS LPF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
225 PM PDT TUE SEP 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1255 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA
WILL SLIDE WESTWARD INTO BAJA BY THURSDAY...WHILE HIGH PRESSURE AT
THE SURFACE BUILDS TO THE NORTHEAST. AS A RESULT...WARMER AND
DRIER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH LITTLE CHANGE ON
THURSDAY...WHILE NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
DECENT OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED OVER THE COOLER
VALLEYS...BUT HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL REMAIN WARM AND DRY THROUGH
THE NIGHT...WITH POOR RECOVERIES. LITTLE TO NO MARINE LAYER
INFLUENCE EXPECTED.

MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS A
WEAK LOW SETTLES OVER CALIFORNIA...AND THE WINDS SHIFT BACK TO THE
SOUTH AND WEST. AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM
EXISTS FOR SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....96.
MIN HUMIDITY........15 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......EAST 4-6 MPH BECOMING WEST 5-7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 6-8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH BECOMING
                    WEST 5-7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54-56 VALLEYS TO 70-72 RIDGES.
MAX HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT VALLEYS TO 30-35 PERCENT RIDGES.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST 4-6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    EAST 3-5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 4-6 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 10 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE EVENING BECOMING NORTH TO NORTHEAST 8-10 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.EXTENDED...

.THURSDAY...CLEAR. LOWS FROM THE MID 50S IN THE VALLEYS TO THE
LOWER 70S OVER THE RIDGES. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. EAST WINDS 10
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST 15 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
.FRIDAY...CLEAR. LOWS FROM THE LOWER 50S IN THE VALLEYS TO THE MID
60S OVER THE RIDGES. HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS 5
MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING WEST 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS THE MID 50S TO
LOWER 60S. HIGHS AROUND 80. EAST WINDS 5 MPH IN THE MORNING
BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...KITTELL
REQUESTED BY...DAN ARDOIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110906.FIGUE.01/LOX