FNUS76 KSGX 181349 FWSSGX SPOT FORECAST FOR GLENCLIFF PILES...CNF DESC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 549 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 PST ON NOVEMBER 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING... WILL BECOME NEAR STATIONARY ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. THE MARINE LAYER WILL RAPIDLY DEEPEN TODAY AND REACH THE BURN SITE ELEVATIONS TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE TO DEEPEN TO 6500 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN AND OR DRIZZLE ARE LIKELY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. WETTING RAIN IS LIKELY SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AS A REINFORCING FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON THIS ENTIRE WEATHER SYSTEM SHOULD BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE BURN SITE. FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A DRYING AND WARMING TREND WITH WEAK NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS IS FORECAST. ANOTHER BRIEF WET PERIOD IS POSSIBLE OVER THANKSGIVING DAY AND NEXT FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. WIND................ SLOPES...........UPSLOPE/EAST 2 TO 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP.........WEST 10 MPH IN THE MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHC WETTING RAIN....0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL...BECOMING 1500-3000 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 15 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING 20 TO 30 MPH. TIME (PST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........16 16 19 19 19 19 19 19 52 52 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............48 54 59 62 62 63 62 61 57 52 RH..............46 39 33 30 31 31 33 38 44 56 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NE E E E SE SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..0 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 5 5 5 10 10 10 12 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH FOG AND DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. WIND................ SLOPES...........SOUTHEAST 10 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 MPH. RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 MPH. CHC WETTING RAIN....20 PERCENT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS....TRACE TO 0.04 INCHES. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 15 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY WITH FOG AND DRIZZLE OR LIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50. MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT. WIND................ SLOPES...........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. RIDGETOP.........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 MPH. CHC WETTING RAIN....20 PERCENT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS....TRACE TO 0.03 INCHES. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-2000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 15 MPH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN LIKELY. CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN 80 PERCENT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 0.33 TO 0.50 INCHES. LOWS AROUND 37. HIGHS AROUND 51. WINDS SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY... RAIN SHOWERS ENDING DURING THE MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.10 INCHES. HIGHS AROUND 54. WINDS NORTHWEST 10 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 MPH. .TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 46. HIGHS AROUND 63. WINDS NORTHEAST TO EAST 10 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 MPH. MINIMUM RH 15 PERCENT. .THANKSGIVING DAY... CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS AROUND 41. HIGHS AROUND 58. WINDS SOUTH 15 MPH GUSTING 30 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...ROB BALFOUR REQUESTED BY...S GRASMICK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111118.GLENC.01/SGX