FNUS76 KSGX 261230
FWSSGX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BANNER FIRE...UNLISTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
530 AM PDT SAT MAY 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1821 PDT ON MAY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A 5500 FOOT DEEP MARINE LAYER WILL REMAIN OVER THE BURN AREA
EARLY THIS MORNING...KEEPING HUMIDITIES ELEVATED. GUSTY WEST
WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY...AND THEN LOWER A LITTLE
TONIGHT...AS A TROUGH MOVES OVER THE AREA FROM THE NORTH. A STRAY
LIGHT SHOWER MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS MORNING. HUMIDITY
RECOVERIES SHOULD STILL BE DECENT TONIGHT AS SOME MOISTURE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE MARINE LAYER SHOULD MAKE IT INTO THE BURN
AREA. WEST WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY MID-MORNING
SUNDAY AS THE TROUGH MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. FLOW WILL BECOME WEAK
OFFSHORE BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN UPSLOPE BREEZES
AND LOWERING HUMIDITIES. FOR NEXT WEEK...WINDS LOOK TO BE LIGHT
DOWNSLOPE AT NIGHT...AND LIGHT UPSLOPE DURING THE LATE
MORNINGS/AFTERNOONS...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MONDAY AND TUESDAY
EVENINGS WHICH LOOK TO HAVE BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS. RIGHT
NOW...EXPECTING MINIMUM HUMIDITIES OF 15-20 PERCENT DURING THE
AFTERNOONS NEXT WEEK...WITH ONLY MARGINAL HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AT
NIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT.
WIND................
   SLOPES...........WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH
                    LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4500 FT AGL...BECOMING 5000-6000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 30 MPH.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND................
   SLOPES...........WEST-NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL...BECOMING 1000-2500 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 20 MPH.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND................
   SLOPES...........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20
                    MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY
                    MID-MORNING...THEN EAST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO 15 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
   RIDGETOP.........NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30
                    MPH...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY
                    MID-MORNING...THEN NORTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL...BECOMING 7000-8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 MPH.

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FORECASTER...STEPHEN HARRISON
REQUESTED BY...STEPHEN RAE
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120525.BANNE.06/SGX