FNUS76 KLOX 172128
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SPOT FORECAST FOR MINT...CNTY LAC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
228 PM PDT SAT SEP 17 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1404 PDT ON SEPTEMBER 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
RIDGING ALOFT WILL SLOW BUILD NORTHWARD INTO CALIFORNIA THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. RELATIVELY COOL AND MOIST CONDITIONS TODAY WILL
WARM AND DRY SIGNIFICANTLY ON SUNDAY. RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS
EXPECTED TODAY AS ONSHORE GRADIENTS RAPIDLY WEAKEN INTO
SUNDAY...WHICH SHOULD REMOVE ANY MARINE LAYER INFLUENCE OVER THE
FIRE. BREEZY EAST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80 AT 2500 FT TO 74 AT 5000 FT.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT AT 2500 FT TO 40 PERCENT AT 5000 FT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 4-7 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........EAST 5-8 MPH BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 5-8 MPH
                    BY 4PM.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....53-56.
MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT AT 2500 FT TO 55 PERCENT AT 5000 FT.
                    HUMIDITIES LOWERING LATE IN THE NIGHT OVER
                    RIDGES.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST TO WEST 4-7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING NORTHEAST 3-5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST TO NORTHWEST 4-7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING EAST 4-7 MPH OVERNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...KITTELL
REQUESTED BY...DREW SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110917.MINT_.01/LOX