FNUS76 KLOX 261315 FWSLOX SPOT FORECAST FOR SAUGUS ARUNDO PILE BURN...LAC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 615 AM PDT MON MAR 26 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 PDT ON MARCH 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERED THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY DRY TODAY. A WEAK RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...AND THERE WILL BE A FEW DEGREES OF WARMING AND SOME DRYING ON TUESDAY. A WEAK TROUGH APPROACHING THE WEST COAST WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN ONSHORE FLOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH MID OR LATE MORNING...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-60. MIN HUMIDITY........50-60 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......WINDS VARIABLE 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........WINDS VARIABLE 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 12 TO 17 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 500 FEET EARLY THIS MORNING RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63-67 MIN HUMIDITY........30-40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........ SLOPE/VALLEY.......VARIABLE WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP...........SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH...INCREASING TO 18 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BELOW 500 FEET EARLY IN THE MORNING RISING TO AROUND 3000 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...BRUNO/RORKE REQUESTED BY...TOM BRISTOW TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120326.SAUGU.01/LOX