FNUS76 KLOX 221142
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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG PINES...USFS ANF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
442 AM PDT THU MAR 22 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON MARCH 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...THE REMNANTS OF A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BRING SOME
SCATTERED CLOUDS TO THE AREA TODAY...WITH THE CLOUD COVER INCREASING
ON FRIDAY. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL EXHIBIT A COOLING TREND
TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH AN ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN RELATIVE
HUMIDITY. TYPICAL DIURNAL WINDS WILL PREVAIL ALONG THE SLOPES WHILE
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE ALONG THE RIDGETOPS.

ON SUNDAY...A SIGNIFICANT LATE SEASON STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THIS STORM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT WETTING RAINFALL AS WELL AS HIGH ELEVATION SNOWFALL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....60-64.
MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY
                    5-10 MPH GUST 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 10-15 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 500 FT AGL...RISING TO 1500 AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5-10 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34-38.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......DOWNSLOPE/DOWNVALLEY 3-6 MPH.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 5-10 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51-55.
MIN HUMIDITY........40-45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........
 SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE 2-4 MPH BECOMING UPSLOPE/UPVALLEY
                    5-10 MPH GUST 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
 RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 500 FT AGL...RISING TO 1500 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10-15 MPH.

FORECASTER...HALL/THOMPSON
REQUESTED BY...CHARLES KOTT
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120322.BIGPI.01/LOX

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