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SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACK HILL HAZ FUEL REDUCTION...CALIF STATE PARKS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
210 PM PST TUE FEB 7 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 PST ON FEBRUARY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL START TO BUILD OVER THE AREA
WEDNESDAY WITH DRIER WEATHER ON TAP. A LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW WILL
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT RESULTING IN NORTHEAST WINDS GENERALLY
15 MPH OR LESS ACROSS THE BURN AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING TO NORTH AND NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
THESE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL RESULT IN WARMING AT THE LOWER LEVELS
OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND ALSO WILL KEEP THE MIXING HEIGHTS ABOVE 1000
FEET AT LEAST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WHEN THE NORTHWEST FLOW
DEVELOPS.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
RH..................60-80 PERCENT AT IGNITION...DROPPING TO 50
                    PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...SHIFTING TO
                    NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...RISING TO 3000-4000 FT
                    AGL BY 1100 LST...THEN DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL
                    OR LESS BY 1600 LST.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 12 TO 16 MPH...BECOMING NORTH 6 TO 12 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 8 TO 12
                    MPH IN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........NORTH 12 TO 16 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 TO 12 MPH...BECOMING NORTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...WOFFORD
REQUESTED BY...LISA ANDREANO  BIOLOGIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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