FNUS76 KLOX 110006 FWSLOX SPOT FORECAST FOR YELLOW JACKET...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 406 PM PST SAT MAR 10 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1400 PST ON MARCH 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING A COOLING TREND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AS THE MARINE LAYER DEEPENS TO AROUND 2000 FEET OVERNIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL CLIMB RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND LIKELY WELL INTO NEXT WEEK. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SOME PATCHY DRIZZLE DEVELOPED LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS WELL. WHILE THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN ACROSS THE BURN AREA BY TUESDAY...THERE WILL BE A GREATER THREAT LATER IN THE WEEK. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......NORTH WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH WITH LOCAL GUST TO 10 MPH THROUGH 1900 HOURS...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. RIDGETOP...........NORTH WINDS 6 MPH EARLY...THEN BECOMING LIGHT OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FEET EARLY IN THE EVENING...LOWERING TO LESS THAN 500 FEET AGL OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-63. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH EARLY...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4 TO 8 MPH AFTER 1100 HOURS. RIDGETOP...........VARIABLE 2 TO 5 MPH EARLY...BECOMING WEST WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR SURFACE EARLY...RISING TO 2000 FEET AGL BY AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS..... SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...KAPLAN REQUESTED BY...MARK COURSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120310.YELLO.02/LOX