FNUS76 KLOX 141703 FWSLOX SPOT FORECAST FOR HURRICANE COMPLEX...USFS LPF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1003 AM PDT WED SEP 14 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0942 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION YESTERDAY HAS NOW SHIFTED EASTWARD INTO ARIZONA. HOWEVER...RESIDUAL MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION. WITH DAYTIME HEATING...THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY TO BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE BURN AREA...WHICH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA...BRINGING A STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......WEST 6 TO 12 MPH EXCEPT LOCALLY GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. RIDGETOP...........NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY...THEN MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57. MAX HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING EAST 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. RIDGETOP........... EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING EAST 3 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ FORECASTER...GOMBERG REQUESTED BY...BRENDAN RIPLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110914.HURRI.01/LOX