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SPOT FORECAST FOR STEELE...USFS ANF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1158 AM PDT MON MAR 12 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1127 PDT ON MARCH 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE MODERATE
TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE
LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WITH GUSTY WINDS
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MARINE LAYER DEPTH WAS AROUND
3000 FEET TODAY...WITH LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED INTO TUESDAY. AS A RESULT...THERE
IS A FAIRLY GOOD PROBABILITY OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG RETURNING TO THE BURN
LOCATION LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

. REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....63 AT 2000 FEET...57 AT 4000 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH INCREASING
                    TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH INCREASING
                    TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......RISING TO 4000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...WITH LOW CLOUDS AND FOG LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 40.
MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 17 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING...BECOMING 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE EVENING DIMINISHING
                    TO 5 TO 10 MPH OVERNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG...THEN PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....64 AT 2000 FEET...58 AT 4000 FEET.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......SOUTH WINDS 3 TO 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 13 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING RISING TO 5000 FT
                    AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.


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FORECASTER...GOMBERG
REQUESTED BY...INCIDENT COMANDER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120312.STEEL.01/LOX