FNUS76 KSGX 161211 FWSSGX SPOT FORECAST FOR RANCHO CAPISTRANO...CNF TRAB NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 411 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 PST ON JANUARY 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A TROUGH IS MOVING INLAND ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REBUILD TO THE NORTH THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT DRYING TREND...BEGINNING TODAY. FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL OCCUR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...AND BE NEAR 10 PERCENT. THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL THEN SLOWLY RISE DURING THE DAY...AND RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 40 PERCENT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...BUT PLUMMET AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER EYE LEVEL WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED 10 MPH DURING THE TIMES OF VERY LOW HUMIDITY. THIS PATTERN SHOULD BREAK DOWN ON FRIDAY...WITH ANOTHER TROUGH BRINGING WETTING RAIN NEXT WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47. MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WIND.......... SLOPES...........SOUTHWEST 5 MPH. GUSTS TO 10 MPH. RIDGETOP.........WEST 15 MPH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. CHC WETTING RAIN....5 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....35. MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WIND.......... SLOPES...........SOUTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH. RIDGETOP.........WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. CHC WETTING RAIN....0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 MPH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....51. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DRYING AFTER SUNSET. EYE LEVEL WIND...... SLOPES...........MOSTLY UPSLOPE 2 TO 5 MPH. RIDGETOP.........WEST 10 MPH. CHC WETTING RAIN....0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 MPH. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... CLEAR. LOW 45. HIGH 60. MIN RH 10 PERCENT OCCURRING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAX RH 40 PERCENT OCCURRING WEDNESDAY EVENING. EYE LEVEL WIND NORTH TO NORTHWEST 2 TO 4 MPH. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY... CLEAR. LOW 55. HIGH 65. EYE LEVEL WIND NORTHEAST 5 MPH WITH GUSTS 10 MPH. MIN RH 10 PERCENT OCCURRING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. MAX RH 35 PERCENT OCCURRING THURSDAY EVENING. .FRIDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 54. HIGHS AROUND 65. EYE LEVEL WIND WEST 5 MPH. MIN RH 20 PERCENT. MAX RH 70 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...ROB BALFOUR REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL NOBLES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120116.RANCH.01/SGX