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SPOT FORECAST FOR OAK KNOLL RX...CA STATE PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
745 PM PDT TUE OCT 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON OCTOBER 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO SOUTHWESTERN
CALIFORNIA WILL BRING MUCH WARMER WEATHER WITH A DRY OFFSHORE FLOW
TO THE BURN AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
BELOW 30 PERCENT TODAY WITH POOR RECOVERY TONIGHT. GUSTY NORTHEAST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS
COULD REACH UP TO 20 MPH THIS MORNING AND TO 15 MPH TONIGHT...WITH
EVEN HIGHER GUSTS EXPECTED OVER THE RIDGETOPS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 85.
MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST 8-15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING NORTH 5-10 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 15-25 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTH 6-12 MPH BY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL EARLY INCREASING TO NEAR
                    3500 FT BY AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 15-25 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    NORTH 6-12 MPH BY AFTERNOON.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MAX HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH 3-7 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    8-15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 5-10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING NORTHEAST
                    10-20 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......FALLING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH TO NORTHEAST 6-12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SIRARD
REQUESTED BY...LISA ANDREANO  BIOLOGIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111012.OAKKN.02/LOX